Absurdities

Today, after a meeting with a client, I decided to go by Panera to eat and work instead of going directly home. Reason being, I've been really tired. And I have work to finish today. It's less likely that I'll simply drop off into a deep sleep if I'm in the middle of Panera and not at home. (Believe me, I don't need to be reclined at home to fall asleep. I can lean my head back and be out in a matter of seconds.)

So, I was on the phone with my mom when I was preparing to parallel park. I asked her to wait a moment as I placed the phone in my lap. When I was done parking, I picked up the phone from my lap, dropped it in my backpack, and collected my things to go inside. After perusing the menu and ordering, I heard my phone ringing. I looked at my phone. It was my mom. OK. Here's where it gets worse, I'm wondering, hm... why is she calling? We just spoke. It's not until we're on the phone -- AND SHE REMINDS ME that we had been talking -- that I realize what had happened. This is beyond absent-minded. It deserves another word. And I don't want to even entertain "mommy-brain." (That particular concept seems so patronizing. Maybe it's the phrase I find irritating. Suffice it to say, I don't like it.)

Regardless of what you want to call it, I am rattled -- yet again -- by a behavior that is so completely out of character for me. It will get better soon, right?