Mommy Brain

         This was the second week I was still telling myself not to forget to make our daughter's 8 week well child check up with our family Dr. This time, however, I finally remembered at the same time when I had a moment of peace and quiet. The kids were done with their homeschooling work, (or at least they thought so), there was no fighting, crying...

"I had better grab this moment before I get caught up in something and forget again," I thought.

I went tiptoeing into the kitchen, why? I don't know, because nobody was sleeping. I guess I was afraid that one false move would cause... ok, well, I will spare you.... I dialed the number and heard the phone begin to ring.

The moment the secretary picked up the phone, my heart did a little flip flop. I realized I had just dialed with out first looking up my daughter's birth date! (This happened before with one of my other kids. The secretary asked for my child's birth date and for the life of me I couldn't remember, to which she answered, "Honey, sooner or later you are going to have to remember!" But too late now, I couldn't just hang up...

So I started to pray, "Please don't ask me my daughter's birth date, please don't ask me my daughter's birth date, please don't ask me my daughter's birth date...."

"How may I help you?" she asked.

My mind was racing with trying to figure out her birth day!

"I am calling to schedule an 8 week well child check for my baby girl." .....what was her birthday?!?! I knew she was going to ask me any moment now, and it still didn't come to me! I can't believe I am doing this again! Please don't ask, please don't ask, please don't ask, please don't ask.....

"And what is your child's..." Ok, I thought, here it comes... For goodness sake, what day did I give birth on?!?!

And then she said, "name?"

Completely dumbfounded I said, " What? Name? Oh. Oh man, I can't believe my brain is blanking on me. Ummmm. Uhhhh." I was looking at my daughter feeling so totally stupid and trying to fill in the silence on the phone that I was clearly suppost to fill with an answer but I couldn't! I couldn't believe this! Her name?? Yes! I know her name! I felt I needed to keep talking or the silence would make things worse. And there was no way I was going to hang up the phone, call my husband or go look it up and then call her back!!! There are just no words to describe that! So I just kept talking hoping that eventually it would come to me...

"Ummm, sorry, I am having a complete brain fry right now. Ummm, hang on... Ahhhhh! I... ummm. Sorry!! I can't believe I am blanking on this. So sorry, my brain is totally not working! Ummmm, sorry!! I have a few kids... (I can't believe that came out of my mouth as an excuse!)Ummm,...Oh my goodness!!! Hang on a sec it will come to me!" I was starting to sweat a little and totally not believing myself! Hellooooo! What was her name?!?!? Come on brain!!! Work already!!

And then it came to me.
I felt a split moment of relief and said, "Ahuvah!" Thank G-d it came to me!!!... but, oh no! Please don't ask me how to spell it, please don't ask me how to spell it, please don't ask me how to spell it.....

This is ridiculous! I began frantically scanning the kitchen for a pencil and paper to write her name down so I could tell her the spelling....She is totally going to think I am a nut! Why is my brain not working?! I can't believe I am going through this right now!

"Is Oct 24th ok?" she asked.

Whhhheeeeeeewwww, she didn't ask! Thank G-d, she didn't ask.

"Yes," I answered. "That's fine."