I am definitely pregnant. Be evening I have "cankles" and fat sausage toes but this post is not about my swelling feet... it is about the strange phenomenon I call "baby brain". That decrease in brain function thing that happens when you are expecting. I like to think that it's because the growing baby is sucking extra blood from my brain. Here is one recent manifestation of my baby brain.
I had a meeting at work this week. I loaded Lou into the car (my boss is very nice and let her come) and drove to the hospital about 10 miles away. I had my meeting, we got back into the car and headed towards home, dropping Lou off at preschool on the way. From preschool I was planning to run some errands and realized I didn't have my cell phone... I thought this was weird because I am sure I heard it vibrating on my way to work. I decided a quick stop at home was worth the trip (you always need your cell phone when you think you won't). After searching the house, I used the home phone to call my cell phone and heard it ringing... in the garage? After searching the garage I found it... on top of my car!
It rode 20 miles to work and back through at least 12 traffic lights and 20 turns and never fell off! I had missed a call about the time I thought I heard it vibrate (apparently on top of the car). It was a miracle. The sad thing is - I don't remember putting it on top of the car and if I hadn't found it there, I never would have known what happened to it. I will be glad when regular blood flow returns!
