Where did I leave my car keys??? Where did I set my socks?? By the way, what was I in this room for????? OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!

I'm getting old. I'm 29 years old and I'm losing it. I used to get upset at my mother when I was a teenager and living at home. She would ask me a question and upon delivering a lengthy and rather well thought-out response, I'd look at her and realize that she was in a complete oblivious state. She would say, "yeah.." I knew she hadn't heard anything I'd said to her. Scary thing is, I'M TURNING INTO MY MOTHER...

I took an interesting Adult Psychology course over the summer, and some of the things that professor Fitzpatrick said have stuck (surpisingly) and they've actuallly helped me to realize that my mother and myself aren't sinking into never-never land. He said, "Just because you can't remember like you used to, or your attention is easily diverted...that doesn't mean you're getting senile." His point was a very good one...as we get older, we just have alot more to keep up with and remember than we did when we were young. As youngsters, we're very self-centered and our main concern is keeping up with ourselves. As adults, especially married adults with kids, we have to keep up not only with self-maintenance, but we have children to deal with and spouses to help support. We have appointments to keep, bills to pay (on time preferably), and alot of places to be at on time. On top of all of that, we're thinking about what others have said during the day, things that are happening, and worrying about things that may or may not happen. What a life!!!!

Since we cannot regress back to childhood, Dr. Fitzpatrick gave us a very good tip on how to become more "sane". Ready?? Organizational Skills. He made a very good point that, even though one may feel uneasy in having to write things down to remember them, that it's okay. It's simply due to our having full and productive lives. It's a very good point, and I believe it. Make mental notes....get a PDA...a personal calender to write entries/appointments. He said that you will feel good when you are able to look ahead a day or so on your calendar and know that everything will be taken care of.

So, if anyone's felt like I have lately...it's okay. It's a blessing to have so many people in our lives to keep track of, and appointments that need to be kept. You'll find your keys..you'll find the socks....hopefully you'll remember where you left the kids..