Losing My Mind

I had to laugh at myself when 3 things happened tonight that made me seem like a complete idiot.  And they happened all within 1 hour, so by the time I got home, I thought, "Wow... I'm a mess!"   So here's where it starts:

Scenario #1

I was driving home from a long day (maybe that's why my mind was gone) and decided to stop at Wendy's around 10:30pm.  I went through the drive-thru and when I pulled up to the window, one of my teens from the Club was working one of the registers inside.  She cheerfully said, "Hey Bree!"  It caught me off guard but I greeted her warmly and was thinking, "I'm so happy some of these teens actually get jobs. Another lady handed me my bag of food and this teen girl gave me my Frosty.  I kept talking to her as more Frosty's appeared on the counter at the window.  Other workers kept looking out at me.  It was like an awkward, lingering conversation and I couldn't figure out why.  I asked her how late she had to work, "ahh, that's not too bad" blah blah blah and asked how she'd been doing.  All the while, I was waiting for my food-- which was sitting in my passenger seat and totally spaced it.  Finally the teen girl mutters to the other lady in Spanish, "Did you give her the food?" and I suddenly looked over and saw it there in my car.  IDIOT!  So I was like, "Oh yeah! I have it!  Uh, thanks, bye" and drove away fast because I was totally embarrassed.

Scenario #2

Before I got home I stopped at Target to get ingredients for my "assignment" for Thanksgiving dinner.  It must've been close to 11pm when I walked in.  I was chatting away on my phone and wandered up and down the aisles as I gradually loaded my arms with cans of vegetables, soup, etc.  I later found myself in the pet aisle and I browsed the different doggy treats and chewy bones to give to Sadie.  I went back to the original aisles and made sure I had all my ingredients... debated getting special treats and decided not to... grabbed some bananas instead... and finally made my way over to the registers.  There were a few cop guys helping store workers set up barricades in the aisles and what not.  I thought, "Hmm... that seems a little early to be doing that."  As I walked past the registers I didn't see any of the lights on and felt rather frustrated that not a single register was open!  Suddenly I turned to an employee lady and asked, "Are you closed?!"  Yep, they were.  And here I was standing with my arms completely full... the only customer in the store.  How did I miss that?  How did I just saunter in like I owned the place?  Luckily there was a super nice girl that jumped on a register and rang up my items.  I glanced at my watch.  11:20pm.  Target closes at 11:00pm!  HILARIOUS.  I couldn't believe it.  So I chuckled to myself as I walked out to my car.  Wow Bree, 2 for 2!

Scenario #3

Finally I was actually driving home, just a few blocks away.  I stopped at a red light, looked both ways, and rolled forward and drove right through the intersection.  Only I caught myself and realized I'd just run a red light when I was about half-way through.  The best part about this one is Cassity totally did the same thing a week ago!!  I was riding in the car with her and she treated a red light like a stop sign.  As she pulled forward through the intersection I was like, "RED LIGHT!"  But it was too late.  We laughed.  Only tonight it was just me.  And I did it.  And I laughed and thought, "Wow... that was a ridiculous series of events on my way home tonight."  I'll blame it on my lack of sleep and an overload of stress this week.

I'm very grateful for a 4 day weekend! :)