Part of the wonder of having lived through a closed head injury is that my short term memory is not always that great.
For instance, I must always have a list when I go shopping because I simply cannot recall anything when I get into a store.
I can remember that I do actually own a back dress, but totally forget that it is size 14 and since being on Weight Watchers, I am now wearing a size 8.
You can watch a movie more than once! Enough said.
And today I did the ultimate short term memory loss test, only this was a good one and we actually learned something.
It was time for us to once again invest in a 3 litre jug of Olive Oil. For a few years I have been buying our store brand because it was a single blend Greek Oil. However, economic times are tough, and I didn’t want to pay $24.00 for 3 litres when I could try a new Italian Olive Oil for $10.99. Ah but the flavor was important. Still….
So we bought the cheaper one and on the way home I said to Hubby, “Listen, I have a little of the Greek Olive Oil, plus another Italian Olive Oil, and now this new one that we are bringing home. Let’s do a taste test!”
“How do we do that?” he asked.
“Well, we’ll take some Italian bread, and pour a little Olive Oil in three separate bowls, dip the bread, taste and decide.”
So, after I got done putting away all the groceries I got some masking tape. I wrote down on each piece of tape the name of the oil, stuck it on the underside of the dish and then poured in the different Olive Oils.
“Okay.” I said to Hubby, “Come on over and check these out.”
The best part here? Once I had set the bowls on the counter and turned to get the bread, I had completely forgotten which oil was in which dish!
So we took a small piece of bread and tasted each oil. After a few moments we both agreed that the far left dish had the best Olive Oil. I had sort of thought that this dish had the expensive oil in it, but when I looked at the underside, I found:
It was the cheap Olive Oil!!!
So how is having had a closed head injury a good thing, you might ask? Well, you can set up and participate in blind tests like this and be surprised every time!
That is definately, the bright side!
I guess we have to look at the bright side of everything! It sure helps to get through the rough stuff. Love YOU, Mel
That’s a cute story Mom! Hope all is well on your end. Things are going well with me–busy with the new job and getting acclimated to that!
Will see you this weekend–can you send me an address where the services will be held?
I had a few notes, and will send those over to you today at lunchtime.
xo
Love you lots,
Mandy
I love that you are a total optimist Maribeth. I am too. We always look for the good in things. I think we will live longer because of it. Because we are not so stressed out over things. Now you need to go out and buy a smaller size little black dress.
Blessings to you and yours.
Hugs
Hmmm…this sounds very familiar…perhaps I DID get hurt when Dad dropped me on my head!
ROFL! You are a stitch! I don’t have a closed head injury – and I could still do that! LOL! Now Mom? She wouldn’t remember by the time she got done tasting the 2nd one what the first one tasted like! There would be NO WAY to MAKE a comparison!!! I’m glad that you AND Hubby both still have that much memory anyway!!!
A size 8 AND the cheap oil. Wow, girl. You are having a good day. 🙂
I was thinking the same thing Melli said. I frequently must have lists of everything I need to get done. At Christmas gifts must have names on tags and written on the paper. Where once I knew exactly which gift was in a certain spot or paper…now as soon as it is wrapped I have no idea what is in the box. Christmas is a surprise for me in more ways than one! 😉
My in laws sent the locksmith away yesterday after their door handle came off and really needs to be replaced. My hubby went over to check it out and got the appointment with the locksmith who could not come out until yesterday evening. We were just dumbfounded when they told us they sent him away…Because there was nothing wrong with their lock! Some days are better than others…and I don’t know what to do about them.
Brilliant! I have no head injury history to blame, but as I think I have said before, at the ripe old age of almost-42, I find myself half way through books before I realise I have read them before BUT I still can’t remember how they end!
Hehhe a little sneaking in of your dress size 😉 Cheap olive oil! Who knew!
From a 14 to an 8 – you are AMAZING!
Clever!!!! Hm. So what should I blame it on, I’ve no head injury accident, but still quite bad memory losses….???? *giggles*
(Seriously, I blame it on chronic pains. I’ve read that it will damage the gray mass in the brain)