Memory?

This whole forgetting thing is getting to be too much. I'm ok with forgetting where I am on the expressway. I only drive that route once a week and much of the time it's in the dark. I'm even ok with forgetting where I am in the supermarket. That's why there are signs. Forgetting why I'm at church, with that I'm NOT ok. I went to pick-up the kids from choir Sunday afternoon, but I though I was there to get them from their Wednesday night club. I was the one who took them to choir. Also there had been a fairly involved conversation about whether either child was going to church and the committments involved. So, when I find myself walking down the halls and I'm *certain* I'm there for a completely different reason -- that's NOT ok. That's disturbing.

I'm back to taking at least one nap each day. Sleeping in the recliner helps. Yesterday after about 30 minutes of nap, I still wanted to sleep more, but I needed to fix dinner. I was more mentally capable -- meaning I was able to evaluate the food we have, what I could make for dinner, plan how to accomplish it and then carry off the plan. Most nights I'm not capable of any part of that. Now that I write that down, it's scary. It sounds like a good reason to make a late afternoon nap in the recliner a part of the regular schedule. Being capable of fixing dinner is a good thing.