I have a HORRIBLE memory. It drives my husband CRAZY and at least twice a week he tells me..."I told you that already!" Now a lot of this is his fault because I have also told him eight million times that if he doesn't put it on the calendar (ie: I'm running a marathon next weekend), then it doesn't exist in my world.
My oldest son thinks this is kind of funny because it leads to some great book discussions. I remember almost NOTHING about the books I read (even if I just finished it I would have a hard time giving you any specific details besides the basic plot). Jacob, on the other hand, remembers every detail of every part of the book. We often discuss the book he just finished and he will say "remember that part Mom?" and of course I do NOT remember that part. I think that is why I only read Fiction books, because then it doesn't really matter if I remember it or not (ie: If I read about about JFK I would probably only remember that he was a United States President and he was shot).
This really comes in handy when I go to see a movie that is based on a book....I am ALWAYS surprised at what happens! Case in point...Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I read the book in one night (getting it at Barnes and Noble at midnight and reading until 4am when I finished the last page). When I saw the movie the ONLY thing I remembered was that Dobby died...the rest was all a surprise. My boys kept saying...oh yeah, remember that from the book, and I would say "Nope"! I really enjoyed the ending of that movie.
I also forget a lot of other things (doctor's appointments, meetings, etc) but I have found a great workaround for this...GOOGLE CALENDAR. I have our entire life planned out in google calendar and it sounds an alarm on my phone 10 minutes before each event (ie: every day at 2:30 my phone alarms to remind me to pick up my kids...because I have forgotten this too...like on the first day of school this year). I have found that this 10 minute window allows me enough time to get where I need to be when I forget (like dropping off my car for new tires or getting snack for Katie to take to school). The other bonus of google calendar is that it also alerts my husband of what I am doing every day (since his phone is synced to my calendar). On a typical day he would get the following alerts:
Work 6 OR 5 TR (that means a busy day at work)
CMN meeting at 7:30
Bible Study 8:30
Watch Ceci 11:30
Help Sarah in her classroom 1:30
Pick up kids 2:40
Choir 3:30
Pick up Jake from Homework Club 4:30
Grade papers for online course 6:00
Jake Karate 7:30
These constant alerts remind him that I am NOT sitting at home all day watching TV and doing nothing...and he doesn't have to ask me what I did all day...instead he can ask me how Choir was! It's win-win for both of us and seems to be a good work-around for my HORRIBLE memory!
The other day someone said to me "I heard you have a blog, what is it called?". That was a great reminder that, yes, I do have a blog and I should probably write something on it....because, of course, I forgot!
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