Mommy Brain: I have it

I have to apologize for taking a few days off from blogging. It wasn't intentional, but goes along with the theme of this post. I just simply kept forgetting what day it was and the fact that I needed to blog.

Seriously, I have a bad case of mommy brain. Please tell me i'm not the only one who gets afflicted by this! Back when Joseph was born, I would see this ailment cropping up, and I attributed it to the lack of sleep and adjusting to life with two children. Now, I have no idea what my problem is, except for the fact that I have a lot on my plate and my brain seems to be going in a million directions.

Here is a small sampling of the things I've done lately that just make me shake my head:

1. I took the kids to Panera for lunch over the weekend. I ordered our food (a half salad/sandwich combo for me) and handed the woman my rewards card. She told me I had a credit for $2 off a full salad that expired that day. I thought "OH I don't want to lose that coupon. It will save me money!" So I told her to add another salad onto the order and I'd take it to go. On the way home I realized I actually spent more money instead of saving, since I tacked an extra salad onto the order. I could have just changed my order to a full salad. (I still have half of that extra salad in my fridge. So much for saving money. Sigh.)


2. I jumped out of the car the other day and shut the door. The seat belt was stuck, so the door didn't shut. I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to shut the door over and over again before I realized it made more sense to remove the seat belt and then try to shut the door.

3. A week or so ago I had made plans to take the kids to the beach with some friends for dinner. That day came and went, and I got a Facebook message from my friend saying "We missed you guys last night!" I stared at the computer for a few minutes, completely baffled as to why she missed us. It took me a long time to realize that I had forgotten to meet them at the beach.


4. As I pulled into my driveway a few nights ago, I scraped the side of my car along our fence post. This is the same driveway that I've pulled into every day for four years. The fence hasn't moved position in that time, and yet...I totally hit it. (Stephanie yelled "WHAT WAS THAT MAMA!" at me and I honestly didn't know until I got out and looked at the car.) Luckily it wasn't hard enough to make a dent, and only left some paint from the fence post along the side of the car.

As i'm writing this I'm thinking "I know there were more examples that I wanted to share." But of course I can't remember them. Just rest assured that I am indeed suffering from Mommy Brain. I don't know what's going on with me at the moment, but if you need me for something...if i'm supposed to return a phone call, a text, an email, a tweet, etc., please don't hesitate to remind me. I'm not ignoring you on purpose, I promise! And if you have an remedy's for getting my regular brain back...please share! (I have a nagging feeling that I may be plagued by this until the kids grow up and move out...)

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