So there are a few weird things going on with my pregnancy. If you’ve been pregnant before, or have been close to someone pregnant, you’d know exactly what I’m about to say, probably on a more personal level than others. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I’m talking about the dreaded, forgettable “pregnancy brain.” My short term memory is almost completely shot these days, and I find that I am forgetting the simplest matters, from shopping lists to what day of the week it is, to the big important matters, like clients’ names and which appointment I’m going to next. Here are some awfully dreadful examples, just for your amusement. See, you knew there was a good reason why you keep visiting my site, huh? The public self-humiliation is hard to beat!

1. Last night, after washing my hands from going #1 (which happens approximately every 45 minutes it seems), I left the hot water running….. for 2 hours. TWO HOURS!!
2. Buying clothes and forgetting that I bought them.
3. Putting laundry in the washer, and forgetting to put either detergent, or the water on.
4. Washing half the dishes when the phone rings, and then forgetting I was washing dishes.
5. Calling a client, letting the phone ring, and then when the client answers, forgetting why I called.
6. Putting away clothes after doing laundry, and forgetting where I put them.
7. Re-filling the cat food dish, walk away, and attempt to re-fill it again when realizing it’s already been done.
8. Shaving one leg, then the other, then attempting to shave the first leg again.
9. Telling a social worker one bit of info, only to call two days later to tell her again, the same info.

These are just examples of crazy things I’ve been doing. Dave would come to me and sometimes ask me to remind him what I asked him to do, and I would say, “Er… I don’t know? What was I needed you to do?” He gets off the hook pretty easily this way. Haha. This bugs Jenbug at work royally, because I’m always forgetting conversations we’ve had about clients, or anything really. The only thing I can remember these days are things that happened before the pregnancy. This is all new to me. I used to be able to remember conversations word for word, often being able to repeat them verbatim in court, or memorize my whole 50-hour week schedule without having to crack open my planner once. Now I have to look at my calendar at least every other 15 minutes, in case I show up to the wrong appointment (which fortunately, has only happened about twice during the course of this pregnancy!). This pregnancy brain is out of control!