There was a
movie long ago titled, The Absent Minded Professor. I’ve discovered that
professors are not the only people who are absent minded. Today’s post features
situations experienced by absent minded moms.
The Shopping Trip
Have you
ever had a situation where you had so much on your mind that you may have done
something that didn’t make sense? After church, my teen son and I stopped by a
store because I wanted to pick up a gift card for someone.
As we waited
in line at the checkout register of Target, I wrote out my check. When I handed
the check to the cashier, she looked at me and smile as she said, “You know
this isn’t Kroger, right?”
I responded
with a chuckle and said, “Oh, that’s where I was going next.”
My son stood
behind me, shook his head and said, “Wow Ma.”
We left with
the item we came for and headed to Kroger.
Doctor’s Appointment
My mother
wanted to make sure she arrived on time for her doctor’s appointment. She left
home in plenty of time to make it to her destination. However, there was
unexpected construction which threw her off schedule.
Mom arrived
at the doctor’s office and rushed in about five minutes late. She told the
receptionist her name and said, “I’m a little late, but I have a 9:00am
appointment.”
The receptionist
checked her computer and said, “I don’t see an appointment for you.”
“I’m pretty
sure it’s scheduled for 9:00am,” mom replied.
After
searching further, the receptionist found my mother’s name. “Ah, here it is.
You’re actually early, your appointment is next week at 9:00am.”
“Ok, thanks.”
Mom left the doctor’s office just as quickly as she had entered.
Holiday Shopping
My aunt was
excited to go shopping on Black Friday. She anticipated all the sales she expected
to find on the biggest shopping day of the year. Aunt Dee rushed from the house
and mentally reviewed her To Do list as her sat in her car.
After a few
moments her eyes bulged and she jumped from the car. There was one thing she
had forgotten that was still inside the house…her son. She opened the door and
there he was bundled up and lying in his car seat carrier, waiting to be
carried to the car.
Do you have
an absent minded mom story?
Mothers are so busy.
ReplyDeleteI have so many I could probably write a book! Here's one: I had put my purse on the roof of my car when I had to put some things inside. I got in, started the car, and drove down the city streets. It was kind of crazy though, because I heard a lot of horn honking, and they seemed to be honking at me. I decided to pull in a parking lot to see if there was a problem with my car. It was after I got out that I noticed I had been driving around with my purse still on the roof of my car! Duh!
ReplyDeleteI haven't experienced one myself, but I've heard a lot of funny ones. Like the friends who finally had a child after thirteen years of marriage. After a long day they went to bed leaving him buckled into his car seat downstairs. He was fine, but they weren't
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