You know you are getting old when your memory starts slipping. Even though I hate to admit it, the kids' jokes about getting ready to start picking out the home are starting not to be so funny.They really aren't that mean, it is just a joke between us. But the memory thing... not so much.
Yesterday alone I drove by two turns I should have made, forgot to buy that new toilet seat at WalMart (that was something you DON'T want to forget), and forgot my daughter had an orthodontist appointment.
Maybe I can blame it on the lack of coffee I have had this week, or perhaps even running out of my favorite dietary herb that is supposed to keep that memory running even on fumes.
Who knows. The fact is that I need a little help remembering details of every day life that keep seeming to escape me.
I decided it was time for Magnet Men! Magnet Man clips are those little magnet backed, colorful little guys that you can clip appointment cards (see Kelly, I do care about your teeth), reminders for our trail rides and horse shows coming up, reminders that I need to drop off my van for inspection, you get the picture.
Now, my refrigerator is covered with magnet men marching across the door. I even have them color coded. The most important and imminent happenings get red clips and so on.
My kids thought this was hilarious for some reason. They saw my memory lapses as a good joke and thought I was kidding around, until one of them missed an important event because of it. Not so funny now, huh guys?
They decided to play a small joke on me one day and made me think my magnet men were taking on life and overtaking the whole house. They used a piece of rolled up duct tape on the back of each magnet and stuck hundreds (literally) all over everything in the house they knew I would pass. Hilarious guys.
It really looked as though we were being overtaken by small plastic men marching across the walls, my desk, even up the posts on my bed so I could see them as soon as I woke up.
That home is looking better all the time. Maybe then I won't have to remember hundreds of things a day and magnet men will not rule over my memory. Just kidding guys, don't get any ideas!
All UPSable
