First: Yesterday, I attended a gathering of volunteers at a museum where I donate my time. Most of the docents are older than I am so I have a lot of fun (I like to hang with the folks). Anyway, one of the guys showed up with his shirt inside out. He's one of those people who are sort of "out there," and his phone kept on ringing--his ringtone was this annoying country ditty and this guy ain't a country type of guy, I think he's German. Whatever. So, I just smiled at him and a couple of us giggled about the shirt and about his ringtone and afterward, I went home, changed my clothes and the three of us: HWWV, Girlfriend and I, went out and grabbed some lunch.
Do you see where this is going?
A couple of biker dudes came into the joint where we were eating and I got up to grab some chips or something and one of them smiled at me. I smiled back. Then I got up to get some quarters for Girlfriend and again, one of the biker dudes smiled at me. I smiled back. Then I got up to grab a straw. Another dude smiled at me and then I smiled back. Everyone was smiling. Then, I told HWWV all about the guy at the museum earlier that day, the one with his shirt inside out. HWWV smiles at me, I smile back. Then, I look down, and to my horror, my shirt is on inside out.
Second: Yesterday I was rifling through some drawers and pulled out Jordan, a pullover that I designed. I looked at it and realized that it had changed color. The original was a natural linen color, and this one was now a nice, lime green.
So, I go online and posted on Ravelry about this odd color change. "How can linen change color so drastically?" I queried. I got a bunch of replies. People asked if there was high heat in the drawer. They asked if the color changed through and through or is it splotchy? Or, if I stored it near some other green garment. You get the idea.
Then, I woke up this morning and read through the replies to my original post and among them was this gem:
"You wrote a blog post awhile ago saying that you knit another one in the color, Willow, a lime green, because the original had to be sent to TNNA."
I have no words.
Honey, Your're not nuts, just a busy working mom. I call days like that, Monday.
Posted by: Lynae | July 21, 2011 at 10:42 AM
That is a regular day for me....
Posted by: Lisa | July 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Blame age; that's what I always do.
Posted by: Alethea | July 21, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Brilliant! That made me laugh, and made me thankful that I'm not the only one who does stuff like that.
Posted by: JenW | July 21, 2011 at 10:53 AM
You're flippin' awesome. I once wore my underwear inside out, but luckily, that's less noticeable.
Posted by: Freshy | July 21, 2011 at 10:53 AM
I Love this!!! Completely awesome! Thanks for making me feel as normal as you!
Posted by: gynnab | July 21, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Thanks for passing along the normalcy and the smiles!
Posted by: Becky | July 21, 2011 at 11:18 AM
After I stopped belly laughing for forever, I had to say, THANKYOU!
Posted by: Billi Cummings | July 21, 2011 at 11:48 AM
Phew....glad to hear I am not alone.
As for the "color change" - love the power of the Blog.
Posted by: Darci | July 21, 2011 at 11:50 AM
YES that awesome!!!! I am so glad that I am not alone. At least you did not have toilet paper stuck to your shoe.
Posted by: Victoria | July 21, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Do you have any idea of how good this makes the rest of us feel?! :-)
Posted by: Judi A | July 21, 2011 at 12:37 PM
Thanks for the laugh! I don't feel so bad about some of the things I do now, or at least not alone :)
Posted by: JenD | July 21, 2011 at 12:42 PM
You just made my day. Thanks for the laugh!
Posted by: KT | July 21, 2011 at 01:33 PM
I love this post! Bwahahahaha!
And I love my Jordan... it is one of my most frequently worn handknits. :)
Posted by: Tammy | July 21, 2011 at 01:42 PM
OMG that is soooo funny! Makes me feel down right sane. ;-)
Posted by: Sheri | July 21, 2011 at 02:21 PM
I'm so glad I'm not the only one that does goofy stuff. Welcome to my world.
Posted by: jomamma | July 21, 2011 at 02:40 PM
I'd be busting out laughing if I didn't see myself doing the very same thing. We're creative, so we're scatter-brained. It comes with the territory.
Posted by: Jennie | July 21, 2011 at 03:02 PM
welcome to my world. yes, a sense of humor really helps.
Posted by: Su1282 | July 21, 2011 at 03:41 PM
Thank you for making me feel that I am not the only one! Really, after doing several things like that in the same day I start to feel crazy and alone. Now I just feel crazy. So funny!!
Posted by: Katherine | July 21, 2011 at 03:49 PM
Love to read stuff like this Wendy...I'm older than you and I haven't done this yet...thank you.
So far...my clothes still go on the right way...but maybe I should start checking?
At least the men are smiling at you - that's always a good thing...:)
Posted by: lapdogknits | July 21, 2011 at 04:52 PM
I'm sitting here swatching for a winter sweater and not feeling any love. This post reminded me that I bought enough extra hempathy to knit a Jordan. I bet I would feel some love for that.
Off to swatch with weather appropriate yarn.
Posted by: Donna | July 21, 2011 at 05:50 PM
I used to blame this sort of thing on hormones, now I blame it on lack of hormones :)
Posted by: Shannon | July 21, 2011 at 06:01 PM
It happens to us all - In my case I refer to it as Mentalpause.
Posted by: Lisa | July 21, 2011 at 07:00 PM
I think we are about the same age. This happens to me a lot. I recently read that our brains get so full of info that it starts discarding stuff. I like that theory and I'm going to start using it in my defense. You're welcome to borrow it if you need it.
Posted by: Chris | July 21, 2011 at 07:09 PM
As you can see from the post above, I have forgotten things like grammar.
Posted by: Chris | July 21, 2011 at 07:11 PM