Mom-brain

Do you ever feel like your mind is so overloaded with things that you swear your intelligence just sort of falls out your ear and plops on the floor in front of the person you don't want to sound like an idiot in front of? Well, this has been me as of late.

Today, I went to pick up my son's glasses at the eye doctor and my mom came along to help. (Thanks again MOM!!) So when we were done, we proceeded to the van where I opened the door for Jack to climb into his seat, then I went around to the passenger side to buckle Lilly in her carseat. Normally, I would buckle Lilly in, then go back around to my side, buckle Jack in, and get in the driver's seat and buckle myself in. Well, this time, after strapping Lilly in, I opened the passenger door, GOT IN THE SEAT, SHUT SAID DOOR and BUCKLED UP. (I drove to the eye doctor in MY van...my mom was the passenger. ) So, it didn't even click right away that I had gotten in the wrong side until I looked over at the empty driver's seat and then out the window at my mom....who was looking at me like I had officially lost it. Go ahead...I give you permission to laugh at me; my mom got a good chuckle out of it. ;-)

After that, I brought my son back to school where upon I met his teacher for the first time. She had been out with a broken foot since the beginning of the school year and so I hadn't gotten the opportunity to meet her yet. I was so happy I was able to introduce myself as Benjamin's mom (he's such a sweetie and all the teachers love him! ). She was incredibly nice and started asking about Ben's glasses. I answered them all of course quite efficiently and promptly...smiling the whole time. Then she says, "Does he have a hard case?". I'm thinking "hard case", like difficult eye situations etc. Not hard eyeglass case! So I start telling her why he needs them and then she asks again.. "but, does he have a hard case?". DOH!! Oh my gosh! I did not just act like a complete moron in front of his teacher! Yes, at times I feel I'm a very flighty woman...and I blame it all on my kids. They took the good parts of my brain and left the irregular parts for myself. Sweet kids I've got huh? ;)