Hmmmmm...Senior moment?

So how often do you have a senior moment?  I had to stop and think about it when I received the following email from my great uncle.

"This morning I got my newspaper from outside and went to the microwave and punched up one minute to heat up my coffee.

Unfortunately at that moment, I realize something...I forgot to put the coffee in the microwave!

This was a record moment, but at least I remembered to get the coffee out of the microwave after I had heated it...which I frequently do!

As opposed to the norm, instead looking at this in a negative way I had to start laughing...not all senior moments are that big a deal!?"

After reading his experience, I began to chuckle.  But soon found myself reflecting on the senior moments I knew about in my life.  So I decided to email him back with the following recollection: 

I love this story Uncle Wayne!  Thanks for sharing your senior moment!  You can ask my dad about the time when he was thinking he was putting the juice away. However, instead he was put his eyeglasses in the refrigerator. On the other hand, ever better yet here is one of mine.  I was needing to take something, (which I cannot remember what that something was ---TEEEE HEEE-another senior moment in progress...yikeeeees)...anyway, I was wanting to take something downstairs (which is a BIG chores because of my muscle and balance issues)... I proceeded to go downstairs but once I was, there I could not remember why I was there so started doing laundry. Once the laundry was started, I went back up and rested a moment. A moment later, I looked up at counter and noticed what it was I needed to take downstairs, so I went to get it but the phone rang. After completing my phone call I remembered I needed to go downstairs for some reason, so I slowly took myself downstairs, however, you guessed it! Once I was down there, I realized could not remember why I was there, so I decided cleaned up my desk.  When I completed that task, I went back upstairs to rest, when I spotted what I originally needed to take downstairs. So, of course, I picked it up and cautiously slide myself down the stairs. When I got back down, I could not remember why I was there but noticed I had something in my hand that needed to go down there. Therefore, I decided to take care of it and put it away so I could go rest upstairs. However, once I got up to the top step, I was so exhausted, I sat down to rest right there. When suddenly, you guessed it, I looked up at the counter and remembered why I had gone downstairs.  I could not believe I had gone such a thing so I began laughing my head-off! Yes, at last it happened, "whatever it was" finally got downstairs! However, did I tell you, I did forget the laundry? Yep, I found it 3 days smelling like mildew!  LOL!  NOW that IS a senior moment!  Hmmmmmmm, I wonder if I remembered the laundry once I restarted it????  Oh no, here I go again! LOL!  :)  

So did you SMILE?  I hope so! 

Love,

~Laurie

P.S.  So I guess this also reinforces my need to live in a one level home someday soon.  This is certainly true on the days I need a wheelchair too!  That part isn't that funny, but I must laugh and make the best of all of it!  So I hope you laughed with me!


Well, I hope you enjoyed knowing about my "senior moment"!  May your days be blessed and your evenings too!  Hmmmmm...your senior moments too!