If I Only Had A Brain.

Due to motherhood I seem to be missing my brain. With three boys, one being a baby who isn't sleeping through the night, I feel my brain is only working at half capacity. I have been forgetting a lot of things, some pretty important things, not only once but multiple times. Here are some examples.
Example 1:
After church on Sundays it's pretty hectic. I am the R.S. secretary so after the meetings I am not only trying to collect all the R.S. binders we hand out to Primary and Young Woman's but I am trying to round up my boys as well. Tyson usually gets out late so I am left to round up the boys while carrying Ian and my two bags. In the chaos of all of this, as I am running by the primary room, I get handed a paper saying Matthew has a talk. I proceed to shove it in my bag while still trying to keep my boys in eyesight as they run down the hall. Yes, we've talked about reverence but that hasn't seemed to have sunk in quite yet. By the time I get home Ian is screaming to eat and my boys are begging for food as well. I throw my bags down, kick off my shoes and plop into the rocking chair to feed Ian. Not surprisingly I forget all about the paper that was handed to me with the date and subject of Matthew's talk. A month later I am looking through my bag and find the paper about the talk that Matthew was supposed to have given LAST SUNDAY! I completely forgot all about it 3 seconds after it was handed to me. A few months later I am given another paper, in the after church blur, saying Matt was scheduled to do the scripture and prayer. Again I hastily shove it into my bag as I continue to run after my boys. Well, last Sunday I found the paper and again the date had already passed. These primary people probably think I am such a flake. They never mention anything to me, probably not wanting to embarras me. Whatever happened to phone call reminders?
Example 2:
Yesterday I spent most of the morning trying to clean up my backyard and catch up on laundry. I was planning on taking a shower that afternoon before a playdate with my cousin. She called and her son had been sick so we decided not to get together that day. Since I wasn't going to her house and was in the mode of cleaning I decided not to take a shower. Now, I am going to admit something truly terrible. That would make it two days since I had taken a shower! In the late afternoon Kaleb fell asleep, he doesn't take naps anymore so he was really tired. He woke up extremely grouchy and screamed on and off for about an hour in his room. While he was doing that I was making some cinnamon rolls with leftover dough from Easter. As I looked at the cinnamon rolls I thought of lemon bars I was supposed to make for our ward V.T. conference. Suddenly a light went off in my head. Holy Cow, that was tonight! Only 4 days before I had sent out an email reminder about that very thing. I looked at the clock and it was 6:15. It started in 45 minutes. I just remembered thinking, "I have no lemon bars. Kaleb is screaming in his room. Ian is asleep in his swing and will need to eat soon. I haven't showered in two days. We haven't eaten dinner yet. Tyson is at school so I need to drag all my boys with me to put them in the nursery." There was no way I could do it. I called my R.S. president to tell her I wasn't going to be there. Luckily she had asked enough people to bring lemon bars that there would be plenty without me.
Later that night when Tyson got home I told him the same thing I just related to you all, from the forgotten talk/scripture to the forgotten R.S. meeting. We just laughed as we looked around at the messy living room and dirty dishes while I was sitting, yet again, in my rocker feeding the baby. Even though I feel my IQ has significantly lowered and I am suffering from chronic forgetfulness I would never trade being a mom to my kids and a wife to my husband who can laugh with me or at me, whatever the case may be. By the way, I am proud of my husband because after I told him everything and we laughed he said, "I'm already trying to think of how we can solve the problem but I won't." Thank you Tyson for refraining from following your male instincts in that moment. After 7 years he has caught on.