My brain is leaking
There are times that I can feel the intelligence leaking from my brain. I know it has something to do with having kids - I just know it - they are the sponges, the leeches that suck up that which has seeped from your head!
I don't know if I can have an itellectual conversation with grown-ups anymore. Am I up to date on politics? Nope. How about what's going on in Iraq? Nah. Did I hear about the break-through in science? Nada. But I can tell you what's happened on Fairly Odd Parents this week.
I got a new laptop. I can't even remember half of what the hardware does or the computer lingo anymore. I'm so out of the loop. If I ask Pete what he's been doing at work, he'll tell me - in Visual Basic speak - and I can feel the drool hanging from my mouth as I stare at him with a vacant expression. "Uhhhh." I have no idea!
I'm not saying I haven't been intellectually challenged. Having two kids is mentally draining, thus the leakage. But I'm working my brain in a different way - trying to anticipate Sarah's next clumsy move, what Christopher might want, helping Sarah with a certain task, or testing my reflexes by catching something that has been knocked over or dropped.
I just don't have time or energy these days to keep abreast of current events. Sure, I have some time at work to look at the news or what have you, but little time to formulate an opinion or thought about said event that might be used in a conversation with adults. I'm thinking about other things instead - family things - like what's for dinner, what groceries do we need, etc. Maybe as the kids get older I can get back into the loop. But for now, please excuse my lack of intellect.
I don't know if I can have an itellectual conversation with grown-ups anymore. Am I up to date on politics? Nope. How about what's going on in Iraq? Nah. Did I hear about the break-through in science? Nada. But I can tell you what's happened on Fairly Odd Parents this week.
I got a new laptop. I can't even remember half of what the hardware does or the computer lingo anymore. I'm so out of the loop. If I ask Pete what he's been doing at work, he'll tell me - in Visual Basic speak - and I can feel the drool hanging from my mouth as I stare at him with a vacant expression. "Uhhhh." I have no idea!
I'm not saying I haven't been intellectually challenged. Having two kids is mentally draining, thus the leakage. But I'm working my brain in a different way - trying to anticipate Sarah's next clumsy move, what Christopher might want, helping Sarah with a certain task, or testing my reflexes by catching something that has been knocked over or dropped.
I just don't have time or energy these days to keep abreast of current events. Sure, I have some time at work to look at the news or what have you, but little time to formulate an opinion or thought about said event that might be used in a conversation with adults. I'm thinking about other things instead - family things - like what's for dinner, what groceries do we need, etc. Maybe as the kids get older I can get back into the loop. But for now, please excuse my lack of intellect.
posted by Mandy @ 6:54 AM
2 Comments:
At 3:22 PM ,
Anonymous said...
Bah. You ain't got no lack of Intellect, you just got no time to RECOLLECT! So...ask and ye shall receive! I am here to help you keep up on all of the earth-shattering catastrophically wondrous events that occur in this ever-unchanging fragtallistic fractal of a world!
Here's 2005: Scrushy is guilty, but free. Saddam is guilty, and NOT. Cheney is creepier than ever, and Bush is probably guilty of a lot of things, but before one case gets solved about five others pop up (e.g., the Valerie Plame CIA spy-outing has been forgotten in favor of using the NSA to spy on us without a warrant. But did he "out" those NSA guys?? NoooOOOoo!) Iran has supplanted North Korea as the naughty bunghole in the center of the Axis of Evil. You probably should have sold GM and Ford stock if you had any. And I have yet to see a gotdamn Segway rollin down the road.
To sum up: 2005 was the same old same old...except for one small irony. Today Saddam Houssein complained that U.S. military personnel have tortured HIM. Cry me the Euphrates, Saddy ol' boy.
There ya go! Problem solved!
-Gav
At 7:23 AM ,
Kim said...
Oh. My. God. I can sooo relate to that. I used to actually THINK about things. But I can't remember the last time I watched the news. And it's hard to have a rousing conversation about Blue's Clues. I'm glad to know I'm not the only stupid one staring blankly at my spouse while he talks about "smart stuff".
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