Momnesia: Week 4 - Selective Memory

Momnesia:  Week 4 - Selective Memory

Let's face it moms....our brain cells started dying a slow death the minute we found out we were pregnant.

Our brains are funny things.  It randomly plays tricks on us.  It gives us a good run for a while, making us feel comfortable thinking that we've got it....we're back in control...and then WHAM!  You wake up one morning and find that after you showered you tried to put your underwear on backwards and couldn't find your foundation - even though it was staring you right in the face.

Why is it that we can't remember our phone number, to let the dog back in the house, or to cancel the week's milk order so that you now have enough milk in your fridge for a small nation. (Just happened to me about 2 weeks ago!)  But random memories will pop into your head at any given moment and make you think what the hell was my coffee spiked with?  What's even more crazy is that these random thoughts will be back as far as your childhood!

For example:
(And again, I will neither confirm nor deny that any of these happened to me!)

You can't find the tickets that you JUST PRINTED out to take your daughter to see her beloved Mary Poppins, but you can remember the date of the first concert you went to with your husband (May 15, 1988) and who you saw (AC/DC).  You even remember what you wore (Acid-wash jeans with zippers on the ankles, black tshirt, big hair)

You can't remember the last time you had your hair cut, but you can remember how to make "big hair" or "blonde" hair using a whole bottle of Sun-In that afternoon you went to the wave pool.

You can't remember if the clothes pile in the laundry basket is clean or dirty, but you can remember how to "bleach" your jeans or "rip" them to make them look cool.  (They call that the "distressed look" nowadays)

You can't remember your OB/GYN's name, but you remember the name of the guy you danced with at the 6th grade dance just because your friends told him you thought he was cute.  (Wayne)

You can't remember to get the oil changed in the car, but you know all the lyrics to every Van Halen/Def Leppard/Bon Jovi song thanks to all those songs you recorded off the radio and on to cassette tapes.  (Oooohhhh, we're halfway the-ere....Whoo-oah...livin' on a prayer......)

It's inevitable.  Those thoughts sneak in when you're not expecting it.  During diaper changes, bath time, while you're driving to the grocery store.  Your brain wants to keep you on your toes.  Constantly on alert. 

What things have you forgotten and what random memories have showed up in your slide show of life?