flutterby
Fly away!
I used to have what one former employer called a "near photographic memory". That's long gone.
I have no concept of time. I can tell you if something happened, but I usually can't tell you if it was yesterday or 2 weeks ago. If I can remember if it happened.
I've gotten used to it - make light of it. The kids will say, "I've told you this 5 times already!", and I'll respond, "Really? Was I there?" easy child came in one night and said that I must have really liked that movie since I had just watched it a couple of night ago. Had no memory of seeing it.
But, I know that my memory is unreliable. I take that into account. I write things down, etc.
Well... I had ordered some stuff for difficult child from The Container Store. It came yesterday, but there was an extra box. No idea what it could have been. difficult child opened it and it was a mop. Apparently, I ordered a Smart Mop (I think it's called) off a commercial on tv, on difficult child's laptop in the living room, and I have zero memory of it. difficult child was there when I did it. And I apparently even talked about it with a friend. Zero memory of it. None. Zip. Zilch. Doesn't even ring a bell.
So, I got online and checked my account. Right under the payment for the stupid mop that I ordered (why would I order a mop???), is another charge to a place that can't be identified (the pay to name is something like SQ and some numbers) and that I have no memory of. We have had some issues at a couple of local stores that I frequent where credit card numbers are being stolen, but I have no way of knowing if that is what happened or if I bought something else. I put in a research request.
There are times when the memory is thing is bothersome, but it's becoming very disconcerting.
I have no concept of time. I can tell you if something happened, but I usually can't tell you if it was yesterday or 2 weeks ago. If I can remember if it happened.
I've gotten used to it - make light of it. The kids will say, "I've told you this 5 times already!", and I'll respond, "Really? Was I there?" easy child came in one night and said that I must have really liked that movie since I had just watched it a couple of night ago. Had no memory of seeing it.
But, I know that my memory is unreliable. I take that into account. I write things down, etc.
Well... I had ordered some stuff for difficult child from The Container Store. It came yesterday, but there was an extra box. No idea what it could have been. difficult child opened it and it was a mop. Apparently, I ordered a Smart Mop (I think it's called) off a commercial on tv, on difficult child's laptop in the living room, and I have zero memory of it. difficult child was there when I did it. And I apparently even talked about it with a friend. Zero memory of it. None. Zip. Zilch. Doesn't even ring a bell.
So, I got online and checked my account. Right under the payment for the stupid mop that I ordered (why would I order a mop???), is another charge to a place that can't be identified (the pay to name is something like SQ and some numbers) and that I have no memory of. We have had some issues at a couple of local stores that I frequent where credit card numbers are being stolen, but I have no way of knowing if that is what happened or if I bought something else. I put in a research request.
There are times when the memory is thing is bothersome, but it's becoming very disconcerting.