Okay, so I have this great memory from my childhood. All four of us Morrill kids are lined up by the door with freshly scrubbed faces. My mom is trying to get us out the door before some sort of disaster occurs and we’re late AGAIN. She’s running around the house frantically, looking for her keys. Her teeth are clinched and she’s asking, “Where in the world are my keys?” Why are her teeth clinched? Because her keys are dangling from her mouth.
At the time, we all thought that was pretty funny. But now I understand something that I never knew before. I’ve always been absent minded, but now it’s worse than ever. I’ve decided that once you become a mom, you lose your mind.
Let me present some evidence. A couple of weeks ago, I was getting gas. As I got in my car and started to pull away, I happened to look out the car window. I had left the gas nozzle in my car pump, and as I pulled away, it jerked it out and went flying. My fellow gas pumpers all thougt that was pretty funny.
Later, Sam and I locked our keys in the car. The bad part was Riley was still in it. Luckily, the car was running so he didn’t get too hot. We stood there for about 10 minutes while Sam tried to break in. It was unsuccessful, so we decided to call the police. It was at that point that my mom noticed my purse dangling from my shoulder and asked, “Are your keys in there by any chance?” The answer to that was yes, of course they were. In the ten minutes of frantic deliberation, the fact that I had my keys right there beside me didn’t even cross my mind.
After that, Sam and I decided to go to Barnes and Noble. After taking Riley out of the car, I looked down and noticed I had forgotten to buckle him into his car seat.
All of this happened in a 24 hour period. For those of you who are thinking of reporting me to child services, please don’t! I promise that I won’t do stupid things that endanger Riley’s life anymore. However, I’m sure I’ll keep doing plenty of stupid things that don’t endanger his life.
Anyway, I want to hear all of you mothers out there fess up. Has anyone else noticed that a vicious cycle of stupidity began with the birth of your first child? Or is it just me?
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7 comments:
You guys are funny! Perhaps there is a mommy syndrome, or perhaps it's something even deeper. It could be an overall increase in responsibility that causes one to do wierd things that you normally wouldn't. When I have a lot of stuff to do, I find myself walking around the house or driving somewhere and don't even remember what I was supposed to be doing or where I was supposed to be going.
Lachey!! Welcome to my world. Glad to have you join in with me. You may think that this kind of stress would age you but the secret to it is to laugh at yourself. I find that I giggle throughout the day at the silly things I do. My favorite line is, "I crack myself up". I just had a friend visit that said she was talking on her cell phone when she was interupted by her siblings and then she went crazy looking for her cell phone..not only was it in her hand, but she was still connected to her brother on the other end who was yelling through the phone...look in your hand.
One time I was going to get some milk and found myself half way to work before I realized that I wasn't going to work.
The one thing I have learned it never put something in a "safe" place so you can find it when you need it. I can never find it. Better to have left it where it was.
Well, I am glad to hear that all worked out for you. Hopefully none of the fore mentioned incendences will happen again. I recently followed a guy in a pick up truck to tell him that he was driving around with a the gas nozzle and hose hanging out of his car. He was embarressed but more in embarressing was when he told me it was the third time he had done that!!!
Take care of our little Riley and of each other.
Luv ya much.
Donda
HAHAHAHAHHAHA, me and ty just had a really good laugh! thanks lacey! that was really sweet of you! haha but no seriously don't worry i always do mindless things now that i had my baby, so i am totally on the same page as you......
becca...you have a baby?
I call it "mommy brain." Although I can't say I've done anything anywhere close to those kinds of things, but I have had a glimpse into the world of absent-mindedness and it's pretty interesting. Thanks for the stories!
Hello to you all. Can't wait to see the new pics your mom will bring. Riley is getting so big and bald. Sorry to say the mommy syndrome will only get worse. Nothing can be worse than forgetting to pick your kids up from Grandma's house before going home. I had to drive all the way back from Skiatook to get them.
Aunt Mindy
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