Brain Strain

Most of the time I can't remember what I did yesterday. And every morning I am faced with the "Where did I put my keys?" predicament. Simply put, I have a hard time remembering where I put things that I use on a daily basis. Just when I begin to wonder if I have early-onset, I will recall where some long unused thing might be found.

This morning, as I was considering making my favorite Cranberry Salad, I was trying to remember what flavor Jell-O I needed. As I was thinking, I realized that my book of favorite recipes is still in storage. I started to panic, but then this crazy thought ran through my head. I knew where the original recipe was!

Thinking I had to be wrong I grabbed the Southern Living Recipe Collection from 1995 and started looking. I didn't think I would find it, but decided to give it a try.

There on page 301 I struck recipe gold! My recipe was right there and a few pages earlier was a glossy picture. How on earth could I remember that? My thought process went something like this: Cranberry Salad, first time I made it, the Thanksgiving before Savannah was born, found it in Southern Living, would be in 1995 recipe collection under November.

So what am I to learn? Must I mentally tie the location of my keys to a life-altering experience like the birth of my daughter? Or should I just quit using them for like 12+ years and then expect to know exactly where I might find them? All I know for sure is that my brain confuses me!