Tangled Yarns

Tangled Yarns

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Welcome to Hell

I know there was something I needed in the kitchen. What the fuck was it? My gaze sweeping across the empty counters and table, I yank open the drawers. Nothing lights up that light bulb in my brain. The cabinet doors bounce as I slam them shut. Hands to hips, I struggle to remember what led to this hellish scavenger hunt.
Maybe it wasn’t in the kitchen. The office! Of course. Whatever it is must be in the office. I wander through the house, desperately retracing my steps. Every doorway seems to have the power to wipe my memory clean. The chaos of the desk brings me to my senses. Eureka! How silly of me to forget something so simple. It’s in the middle drawer in the kitchen. I’ll just run and get it.
4 steps to the stairs, 7 stairs and 5 more steps to kitchen. All of 60 seconds to get there. I cross that threshold…
Damn it! I know there was something I needed in the kitchen…

15 comments:

  1. Oh dear. Write a note maybe?
    I do recognize it though lol have done it too. the only reason I am usually spared this torture nowadays is the relatively small size of my apartment.....

    Varg

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  2. LOL My house is pretty small, and we don't even have stairs. But I do this all too often.

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  3. I know that feeling. Been there wayyyyyy too many times.

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  4. Oh my, I do that all the time! Nice way to capture something I'm sure most people do at some point!

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  5. Heh, I know that feeling all too well. :D

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  6. Many people say that Hell is repetition. It may also be the fate of a mom. In this case, the fate of the average modern-world adult. I know I've been here.

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  7. LOL yes I know that feeling. Niggles at you for ages. x

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  8. So familiar. And so annoying to forget what you were looking for. Been there too. Good flash! :)

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  9. Very familiar to be honest, I go shopping for one thing and then buy everything but that.

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  10. Aagh, I hate when that happens! You nailed that foggy-brain state. Well done.

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  11. This is funny and yet scary at the same time... a few ways of looking at this brief story.

    But this is SO true though - I'm sure everyone in the world can relate!

    Great story!

    Jim

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  12. Scariest story I've read all day.

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  13. Oh, Valerie. Just wait. It gets worse! LOL

    Great job, Jaxy! This is an all too true slice-of-life.

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  14. Oh, I think we can all relate to that one. Well I certainly can! I've done something similar a lot in the last month or so. Maybe I'm losing it.

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  15. I do that all the time! It's come down to leaving notes for myself all over the place...which I then lose.

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