Time for a memory upgrade? No, I don’t mean your computer
Ever have one of those days when you think you really need a memory upgrade — I don’t mean more RAM in your computer, necessarily, but a real-life “memory upgrade,” is what I’m talking about.
Cheer up. Such situations happen even more as you get older. I was thinking about memory and how I may be losing mine after a conversation I had yesterday with my wife. It involved some freelance proofreading she’s doing this week. I was sure this particular company paid her in the past at a rate that was $10 an hour more than what she’s getting for this gig.
I mean, it was one of those details I was absolutely sure I was right about. She showed me where I absolutely was wrong. (She’s much better at keeping detailed work logs than I. I call it obsessive.)
Each year I put on my Old Guy mind always makes me a bit more concerned when I mess up on such details. A buddy used to tell me I had a mind like a steel trap. Of course, he then followed his comment with “Full of rats.” I’ve always known, of course, that he meant my Big Brain was skilled at grabbing details and never letting go of them.
Uh, well, maybe that ability to hold onto details really has turned into something closer to a rat trap. Excuse me for now. Gotta run … it’s just about time for my meds.