Those Senior Moments

Does the brain retire, too?  If so, mine started retirement even earlier than I did.  I mean, my memory has been doing funny things for a while now.   But, it seems to be getting worse.

Sometimes I think I should rearrange my kitchen, and put the clean dishes in the dishwasher, and the dirty dishes in the refrigerator.  While I'm at it, maybe I should put the leftovers in the canned foods cupboard.  Well, anyway, it sometimes seems that's what my brain wants me to do.  No problem, though, I always catch myself, laugh a bit sheepishly, and shake my head at my silliness, and put the item where it should go.  There was one time, though, when I was putting the dishes away, and suddenly realized they hadn't been washed yet!  I guess I should get one of those little signs that says "Clean" on one side, and "Dirty" on the other side.  But, would I remember to turn it around?  That's the existential question of the day! 

I  can't see with my glasses when I'm on the computer, or reading, so I hardly ever wear them anymore when I'm home. Once I forgot I wasn't wearing them, and walked out of the house without them.  I was half way to the store before I noticed, and rather than worry about going back , I walked to and from the store without them, and was fine!  Of course, I wouldn't dare drive like that. 

My biggest problem with Senior Moments is when I can't remember a password to one of the many web sites I frequent.  Then I have to look frantically through scattered lists in two notebooks, and even then, sometimes I can't find the one I'm looking for. In that case,  I have to submit a request for a new password, which I then add to the lists of scattered passwords in two notebooks, and we go round and round the mulberry bush again!  Maybe I should gather them all up and put them all on one page in one notebook.  But, then I'd have to remember which notebook I put them in! 

I wonder why they call these episodes "Senior Moments". When I was a Senior, back in 1965, I had a wonderful memory, that lasted longer than a few moments.