Thanks to our Netflix subscription, I've been watching old episodes of my favorite show of all time- "Quantum Leap." Anyone else a fan? For those who aren't familiar (or too young to remember), this was an old 90's TV series where a character named Sam would time-travel by trading places with someone in the past in order to put things right, what once went wrong. Something like that. Anyway, Sam suffered from what he commonly referred to as 'swiss cheese memory' which was like a partial amnesia that occurred every time he leaped through time.
So I've decided that I suffer from a sort of 'swiss cheese memory' that gets intensified with every child I have. I used to refer to this as 'mommy mush brain' but I really think the swiss cheese effect is more relative since it worsens with each leap, er, I mean... child. Are there any other moms out there hearin' me? I really hate to use this as an excuse but I've NEVER been so forgetful in my life and it's 2x as bad after Ella.
Case in point: This morning, I was on my way to switch the laundry and by the time I got to the kitchen (on my way to the laundry room), I decided that I was walking across the house to retrieve more juice for Adelyn. Then when I returned to give Adelyn her sippy cup full of juice, she looked at me like I had two heads and said, "Maaaawww---- meeeeee! I no want juice!" Then I saw the empty laundry basket lying on the bed nearby and remembered what my original goal was.
I wish I could say that this was an isolated experience. I'm constantly forgetting what my thoughts were and often replace them with new, temporary ones until I find out what it was I wanted to do in the first place. The good news is that I typically replace the other goals with ones that involve my children. 9 out of 10 times, I'm doing something for a child anyway. It's just a matter of prioritizing really.
That reminds me... I forgot that I have an episode of Quantum Leap waiting in my queue to watch. I'm pretty sure it's been sitting there for 3 days now. But what's much more important is that Adelyn has not missed out on any of her Wiggles episodes on Netflix lately. :)
