Early Dementia?

It’s amazing how our short term memory starts to diminish as years progress. I remember the first time I cried uncontrollably as an adult when I spent a long time locating my car in the Wal-Mart parking lot. That was almost ten years ago and since then my memory resume is spotted with more episodes of forgetfulness.

Today I had an even scarier episode. I was scheduled for dental fillings this afternoon but was requested to change my appointment time to the morning for unknown reasons. So I scurried my phone book for the most flexible baby hero -- and duh -- Susanne who runs her own day care just two doors down offers a $35 per day "drop-in" care. This was the first time I'd be able to use her service. With that money, I was able to get my cavities removed, visit a friend, get a manicure and head back home in time to pick up Breanna and prepare dinner before daddy and I head to the gym.

I had an ultra busy day!

When David arrived this afternoon, I just added the last ingredient to a new recipe and made a mental note to stop the pan from simmering before leaving for the gym. Then I changed into my gym attire, wiggled shoes onto Breanna, covered my cooking, strapped Breanna into the carseat, and headed for the gym. It was after the first exercise that I forgot to turn off the stove!

My breathing and heart stopped.

Leaving Breanna and daddy at LA Fitness, I madly dashed home to find that the stove fortunately didn’t smoke the kitchen down but nearly blessed me with an overcooked dish. Phew! I drove back to the gym but shortly after leaving the neighborhood I remembered the rice was still cooking! I rushed back into my kitchen again and found that 20% of the rice had burnt.

I stood in the middle of the kitchen, overwhelmed and sullen that my memory failed me.

Against my defeated pride I mustered up courage to drive back to my family. At midpoint between car and house I remembered that I didn’t lock the front door. What was happening to me? Feeling thrice more defeated my heart cried silently all the way to the gym. Do I predict more frequent short term memory trips?