LJ Idol - Week 12 - Most Annoying Personality Trait

[monkeysugarmama]

 
I can’t find my damn keys!
What did I do with my stupid purse?
Where the hell is my bra?
Have you seen my freakin’ debit card??
It's lost...again.

I misplace things. Things I use every day, things I need to have close at hand. Pen caps and sippy cups, cell phones and birth control pills, I am constantly losing important pieces of my puzzle. Other

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[barryreese]

I don't lose things more often since Julian arrived but I do find myself forgetting to do little things (like calling someone to have something fixed or stopping at the store to get something, etc.)

[monkeysugarmama]

I like the icon :) Mike wants me to go canvassing with him on Sunday for RP (save me!)

I think the forgetfulness has to do with the fact we must now bounce every thought off our kids.

'I want to go to girls night out...but will it mess up bedtime?'

'I want to buy this fancy new jacket...but will I have enough to pay for preschool?'

'I want to make beef and broccoli for dinner...but the kids won't touch it so should we have mac and cheese instead?'

Suddenly the "little things" take up half our memory! If we had partners who were this high maintenance, we'd have kicked them to the curb years ago!

[monkeysugarmama]

Thank you so much Elva! That Easter egg line actually came to me hours after I had written the rest of the piece. Isn't that funny how inspiration creeps up on us sometimes?

[puppetmaker40]

I think it is part of being a mom. Our brains restructure when we give birth and it never snaps back to where it was before. *grin*

This was a great read and I enjoyed it along with sympathizing with you on the subject.

I did luck out that Caroline has such a sharp visual memory that if I misplace something and she was in the room, she can pretty much pull it out of thin air.

[monkeysugarmama]

I'm so glad you liked it!

Yes - my brain did restructure, although these days there are some other parts of my anatomy I wish would "snap back" to where they were before I had kids :)

[1_rhiannon_1]

A coworker told me on average that person’s IQ drops about 12% when they have kids. Great. I have two, so does that mean it 's dropped 24%? O_O Really? Ah ha! I *can* blame the kids!!

I know exactly how you feel here - I'm forever doing the same thing! I toss the house like a thief at least twice a week.

Another excellent entry! =) Also, that last line is made of pure awesome =D

[monkeysugarmama]

Let's just blame it on the kids. I'm not ready to believe I am completely responsible for shoes hiding in the dryer and glasses buried in the sandbox!

I so empathize with you!

[wyrdwriter]

I have lost things while sitting at my desk. Drives me NUTS! I have not left the chair, much less the room, so how the hell did I misplace something? So much time wasted throughout the day looking for The Lost...

Re: I so empathize with you!

[monkeysugarmama]

Ooh! Me too! Where does it GO??

It is moments like that, when I am digging through my desk mess and things start falling on the floor, that I am like 'Maybe those minimalists have a point...'

[angstzeit]

I was very disappointed when I quit smoking pot and I still had no short term memory.

[monkeysugarmama]

Back in the day I don't think I ever smoked enough to affect my memory and now it has been years since any of that variety of partying so hopefully i regrew some braincells.

However, I had a friend who insisted he did better on exams stoned, as long as he both studied for them while stoned and then smoked up again before the test. I just took his word for it but wasn't brave enough to try it myself :)