tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539365885068711424.post8009544276570272802..comments2024-01-27T19:26:08.647-06:00Comments on JOY Unspeakable: My Brain, Where Has it Gone? {Then and Now}Lori at JOY Unspeakablehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17777728713317034491noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539365885068711424.post-51501429124299938872013-12-18T18:24:08.646-06:002013-12-18T18:24:08.646-06:00OH LORI, WHAT TIMING TO READ THIS...I AM 67 AND SO...OH LORI, WHAT TIMING TO READ THIS...I AM 67 AND SOMEWHAT ADD. TODAY I TRIED TO DO TOO MUCH...WENT TO "CHUCKS" MARKET TO GET INGREDIENTS FOR A BRUSSEL SPROUT DISH FOR OUR APT. BUILDING CHRISTMAS DINNER AT 4:00 PM. WELL , HERE IN WA.STATE IT IS 4:11 PM AND I AM IN OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY CRYING AND TYPING MY STORY TO YOU!!..I CAN'T REMEMBER THINGS, EVEN IF I HAVE A LIST, I DON'T ALWAYS GET EVERYTHING....SO I WENT TO LIBRARY AT 10:00 THIS AM TO DO SOME FAMILY RESEARCH....NO CAR SO I HAVE TO USE THE BUS SYSTEM...HALF MY TIME IS SPENT WAITING FOR THE D---BUS..I GET HOME AND START "STEMMING" BRUSSELS SPROUTS, THEN I LOOK AT THE CLOCK AND ITS CLOSE TO 3..MY HANDS ARE SHAKING I DON'T DO WELL UNDER STRESS...APT OVEN IS TOO SMALL FOR MY TWO ROASTING PANS SO I PILE THEM ON TOP OF EACH OTHER...GO TO MAKE THE BASALMIC VINIGRETTE SYRUPY THING TO POUR ON THE ROASTED SPROUTS, AND CAN'T FIND THE D---VINEGAR...I HAD FORGOTTEN IT!!!....AS I BRING OUT THE PANS FROM OVEN MY HAND HIT THE HOT PAN AND I SPILLED HOT BRUSSELS SPROUTS ALL OVER MY SMALL KITCHEN FLOOR AND INTO THE DISHTOWEL DRAWER THAT HAPPENED TO BE OPEN....I JUST LEFT THE WHOLE FRIGGIN MESS, PUT A SIGN ON MY DOOR THAT I HAD A "FOOD AND BRAIN" MALFUNCTION AND HITCHED A BUS BACK TO THE LIBRARY.TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THIS COMPUTER GOING SO HAD TO ASK THE ASSISTANT...SHE COMES OVER HERE AND TELLS ME, "YOU NEED TO HIT THE MOUSE FASTER!!!"...THATS THE STORY OF MY LIFE...I CAN'T DO ANYTHING FAST...I WANTED TO TRIP HER!!!! I KNOW I WILL LAUGH LATER , BUT NOW WHEN I GO HOME , I'VE GOT ALL THAT MESS TO CLEAN UP AND FELLOW RESIDENTS WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO ME!!....MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE..mm, vancouver,wa.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com