i can't believe i did this. well, i can, but geezz....
i was cleaning house and doing laundry. went into the utility room to get some cleaning stuff.
i kept looking around for my dirty clothes.
egads, i had put my dirty clothes in the trash!!! and my trash in the laundry bin.
thank heavens, i caught it in time. i had my nightgown, some of mike's stuff, etc.
i can't believe i did this.
this is almost as bad as me wearing my pajamas under my clothes to work....
or the time i had on one flat shoe and one heel of a different color at work...
or the time i .....ah, well, you get the picture...
it ain't no fun being one taco short of a combination plate all the time.
Posted by John S (Member # 19756) on :
Got out of bed.
Posted by Tincup (Member # 5829) on :
I am NOT laughing. I refuse to laugh.
Oops!
I am so glad someone else is one sandwich short of a picnic. At least I am not alone!
BTW- I never do dumb things.
Posted by Joyful (Member # 25620) on :
Hmmm. I went to the grocery store with only one kid (left the other one with her dad). Every few minutes I'd panic and think I'd lost a kid! Then I'd remember she was home with dad. Duh!
Posted by SEREN J WEED (Member # 7280) on :
I have a friend that does my laundry every other Saturday. My laundry room is down stairs at my building which I can't navagate safely.
The day he came over I had it ready by the door. He asked why my laundry was there as the day
wasn't Saturday, it was Wednesday. Oh well, it will wait until Saturday. That's just my latest screw up!
Posted by TxCoord (Member # 9204) on :
I can neither confirm nor deny the possibility of me doing something so foolish that my first reaction is to look around to make sure no one saw it!
Or as Brittany once sang, "Oops, I did it again." Posted by kidsgotlyme (Member # 23691) on :
My daughter was out ad selling this past week. Someone wanted her phone number to call her back. She says to me "Mom, I wrote my phone number on their paper,and I think I wrote the wrong number."
I just looked at her like she was crazy. She just laughed about it. She said it was her lyme brain and she was having "one of those days" I think it is compounded by being overly tired.
Posted by littlebit27 (Member # 24477) on :
I have run the dryer without any clothes in it...and have almost done it again, a few times.
I was in the bathroom and I was reading the Draino bottle it said it's "Guaranteed to clear TOTAL blockages"
I sat there for probably 2 mins really TOTAL. I kept saying TO Tawl, Tot awl, and then it hit me and I'm like ohhh TOTAL!!
I do that alot when I'm reading, words I know but can't figure them out.
Posted by momintexas (Member # 23391) on :
The other morning we were running behind and I was frantically looking for my keys and my sunglasses to take my son to school.
I looked EVERYWHERE and I yelled for my son to come help me look because we were running late. He yelled to me to just sit down and relax and think about where the last place was that I saw them.
Of course, I'm completely blank. So he comes downstairs and walks over to me and smiles and said "You really don't know where you left them???" and I said no, this is not the time to be funny we have to go, just help me.
He then pointed out that in my left hand were my keys and on top of my head were my sunlgasses.
Posted by arkiehinny (Member # 26546) on :
I made a special trip to the pharmacy to pick up my meds. While there, I purchased some instant coffee & had to bartor with the clerk over the sale price.
I left my meds on the counter....now I have to travel the 25 miles to the pharmacy to pick them up.
Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :
Last night I made a shake for my daughter. I put in the fruit, the soy milk, an egg, some yogurt and turned on the blender and WHIR CRACKLE POP!
"What was that?" my husband and son yelled from the other room.
"I don't know," I replied and turned it on again. WHIR CRACKLE POP POP! "Oh, it's the spoon I left in the blender."
Sheesh! Anyone want a used blender?
Posted by Marz (Member # 3446) on :
I like to see if I can throw objects of trash like a balled up sheet ot paper or peach pit into waste basket across the room from my bed.
Last night, I missed and was surprised to see my reading glasses had landed near the waste basket and the peach pit was on my nightstand.
Today, I can't find the remote for my TV. Have barely left bedroom today. Pretty sure it's not in the wastebasket. Better check the bathroom.
Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :
That's pretty funny, Marz! Made me chuckle!
Posted by randibear (Member # 11290) on :
i've done so many things i can't count.
you know, like, going grocery shopping and putting mayonnaise in the cabinet instead of fridge.
i've even mailed bills without signing the checks.
lost glasses that were on my head. forgot to pick up prescriptions, etc.
Posted by ladycakes (Member # 12619) on :
I do the reading thing a lot. I saw the word "misled"... but I read it as "mizzled".
Worse, I said - out loud - "what the hell is mizzled?"
Posted by Rumigirl (Member # 15091) on :
You guys are cracking me up!
Of course, I NEVER do dumb things---oh, wait: I often am looking everywhere for my reading glasses, only to discover that they are on top of my head!
Posted by kimmie (Member # 25547) on :
I tipped my hair dresser 40% !!!!!!!!
Posted by Needing Hope (Member # 28067) on :
I'm new here, so I hope it's ok that I reply. You all cracked me up, and you have no idea how badly I needed a laugh! Especially the reading part. I struggle to understand my favorite books. I used to love to read, but now it's so frustrating because I simply can't understand what I'm reading!
The next time my poor brain forgets what I'm doing or can't form a sentence, I'll try to remember "what the hell is mizzled"? It's so hard to laugh at myself when I remember who I used to be but have to live with who I am now - a lymie.
Thanks so much for showing me how to laugh at myself. God bless!
Posted by missing (Member # 22437) on :
I called across the house to my husband, but instead of calling his name, I called my name!
we both laughed, but then it kinda freaked us out
Posted by echorox (Member # 11969) on :
I had a dog called Rufus once and I kept him inside a small wooden shed. When it came to securing him inside that shed one night I coaxed him over using the usual doggie treat. I then threw the doggie buscuit onto the floor of the shed and proceeded to go into the shed myself and locked the door behind me... after a few minutes I thought "Duh" -"something's wrong with this picture" I think even Rufus was laughing at that one!!
Posted by abbyjo (Member # 16073) on :
i WAS MAKING HARD BOILED EGGS, I BOILED SOME WATER, THEN PROCEEDED TO CRACK THE EGGS AND PUT THEM IN!
I ALSO INTRODUCED SOMEONE THE OTHER DAY, AND THEN A FEW MINUTES LATER PROCEEDED TO INTRODUCE THEM
AGAIN, THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS CRAZY, THEY WERE LIKE "YEAH, WE KNOW, YOU JUST INTRODUCED US A
MINUTE AGO. SCARY, BECAUSE I DIDN'T REMEMBER AT ALL!!
Posted by Tammy N. (Member # 26835) on :
Nice to know I'm in good company. Needed a good laugh. Thank you everybody for sharing! All VERY relatable stories.
My husband and I both have Lyme and cos, so lots of freaky stuff is always happening in our house. And we have post its EVERYWHERE!!! It's the only way we can remember to do things. Last time my husband got the pack of post its that were all different bright colors. Can't stand it!!!!! Too many bright colors splotched everywhere. I need to go back to my calm yellow.
Still laughing at the stories above. Thanks for the chuckle.
Posted by missing (Member # 22437) on :
things randomly disappear!
never to be found again,
for example:
spices, birth certificate, clothes, etc,
Posted by Joyful (Member # 25620) on :
Thanks for all the laughs It's good to poke fun at ourselves I think...healthy
My hubby is constantly laughing at me because I'll ask him a question and then a minute later have to ask him again because I forgot his answer, lol.
Posted by 2roads (Member # 4409) on :
A few autumns ago, the year my son was born, I went to an outdoor nursery to buy cornstalks to attach to the front entry pillars of my home. I examined all of them, lifting them up and hoping to chose the fullest one.
They were on all sides of the building and required two hands to examine. Putting down everything I had carried with me to search for the best, it wasn't until the stalks were loaded and the baby wasn't, that I realized I had left him laying in his carrier on a stony dirt pathway on the other side of the building.
When I remembered him (I first had to remember him), I then had to remember where he was. Posted by Marz (Member # 3446) on :
I remember someone on lymenet a couple of years ago tell that they wore a toboggan on their head for their headaches.
It wasn't meant to be funny, since I guess that's what they call a certain kind of tight fitting cap in the south.
But in the north where I live it has a totally different connotation and when I read it, I laughted so loud for so long imagining this person with a sled on their head.
Still laugh when I think of it!!!
Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :
echorox - your just got a belly laugh!! did you hear it echoing across the ocean? i bet the dog WAS laughing!!! Posted by missing (Member # 22437) on :
I was at a clothing store and saw the most perfect dress.
It was a beautiful wine color! I had been looking for years for a dress that color.
I tried it on and it was a great fit, so I bought it.
When I took it home, and showed my husband, I was so disappointed!
The dress was NOT a purple/wine color! IT was ROYAL BLUE!!!!
This happened before I was diagnosed, and all sorts of weird things were happening!
But THAT topped it all!
I thought " How in the world did I manage to see it as purple!!!,, when it was really actually blue?"
Posted by Misfit (Member # 26270) on :
I went to parent teacher conference thurs nite. This is a very small school..the kind where all grades are in one big building and each grade has one classroom. I went to the 1st grade class and was having a nice conversation with the teacher about general stuff. I finally asked her "so hows *** doing so far this year"? She looked at me like i was nuts and thats when it hit me...and i headed down to the FOURTH grade class. Posted by missing (Member # 22437) on :
Misfit,
That made me laugh.
Posted by Andie333 (Member # 7370) on :
I've enjoyed all of these, but Echorox, yours made me laugh out loud.
I could relate to so many! Early on, I rented the same movie we had just seen two nights earlier...and even after I started it, I still didn't remember it at all.
Last weekend, I had two things I needed to do: mail my friend's birthday card and pick up a prescription at the pharmacy.
I went to the post office first, and when I got to the drug store, I was stunned to find my friend's card sitting on the seat, and the $20 missing.
Sweet postal tip!
Posted by ChristieL (Member # 27786) on :
quote:Originally posted by Joyful: Thanks for all the laughs It's good to poke fun at ourselves I think...healthy
My hubby is constantly laughing at me because I'll ask him a question and then a minute later have to ask him again because I forgot his answer, lol.
Yes, yes, yes..He gets very frustrated with me, and sometimes I have to write down everything.
I have had him come home, greet him, then five minutes later say; oh your home.. how was your day, he looks at me and says; that's nice but I have been home for an hour lol.. I also have to ask a LOT>>> What did I just say? It does feel good to laugh, so thanks so much for all the funnies and for sharing Posted by neary.robin (Member # 28058) on :
They say laughter is the best medicine!! Thank you all for a great way to start my day!!
Posted by Misfit (Member # 26270) on :
Not remembering movies is the reason i dont rent them anymore. I ALWAYS come home with something weve already seen. DH almost envies that about me..like when theyre showing some movie thats been on a zillion times already. I KNOW ive seen the pirates of the carribean..i just dont remember whats going to happen. Posted by manderson7185 (Member # 27787) on :
This makes me feel so much better! I was an English major in college and love reading, but lately have had to read and reread sentences because they just don't make sense. It's not until the third time that I realize I inserted a completely different word.
Or I do what Littlebit does where I pronounce a word I know over and over until it makes sense. Last night's word was "academicians" - sat there trying to sound it out because although I know what the word meant, I had forgotten how to say it.
Has anyone else developed a slight stutter because of this??
Posted by Misfit (Member # 26270) on :
A slight stutter? Yes. Im not always sure about the word that just came out of my mouth or ill trip over the word a coupla times. My MIL says its old age. Hah! And i was going to read "the sum of all fears" but i couldnt get thru the second chapter. Ah well...
Posted by jackie81 (Member # 27031) on :
I went to get blood work done as well as a urine and I went into the washroom with the little urine cup, sat on the toilet and went pee and totally forgot about having to pee in the cup.
Needless to say , I was there for a while until I could pee again.
Posted by 17hens (Member # 23747) on :
I went to a birthday party and totally forgot the card and gift. For my sister-in-law - NOT GOOD!
Posted by Dekrator48 (Member # 18239) on :
I intended to hang up our cordless phone in the phone dock.
When it wasn't fitting in the dock, I suddenly realized I was trying to hang up our tv remote control, not the phone. Posted by rerae (Member # 28438) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tammy N.: And we have post its EVERYWHERE!!!
I use post-it's all the time to remember to take my meds. I also have alarms set on my phone to remind myself. And yet, do you think I remember to take them? Nope!
Once I was talking on the phone with my best friend while getting ready for work. As I was walking out the door, I searched for my keys. 5 minutes later realizing they were in my hand, I started searching for my phone. As I'm talking out loud, she replies, "I believe you have your phone." I asked where and realized I was talking on it. Oops?
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