I was returning home from class at around 6AM with a lot on my mind evidently. I not only missed my exit but I proceeded to take my HQ’s exit and then turn right on HQ’s road. I awakened from my trance and said “What the f@$k am I doing?! No drugs or alcohol of course, The Judge forbids it.
What's on your mind, Meat? It happens to me sometimes. For example, I will go to get a tool yet on the way there I will start thinking about something else, maybe something more important, and then totally forget, "What the hell did I want here?" LOL! I think this happens to all of us... Anything troubling you?
Am 86 and having a lot of "senior moments" Misplace things, forget what I went for, drive along and have to figure out just where I am in that trip. See the old landmarks, pay attention to the road and traffic, but don't remember how far along I am in the trip. Names are the worst, know the person, what they do and can talk to them, but don't remember their names, Chemo does make it worse at times and a few days later it is often better. Wife has Altshiemers and is much worse. Loses names for things like heater, reading and writing, etc. Can say make it hotter or colder, but can't say turn down the heat or get out the milk.
That part wasn’t troubling at all, in fact I laughed almost as hard as when Hillary lost and didn’t address her flock. Lol. The worst two bozos ever to run for the WH, easily.
I have them senior moments at times ,, and I'm not even sure I'm a senior yet ,,, I'll walk in to the kitchen,, can't remember what I went in for ,, open the fridge to see if it jogs my memory,,, nothing does ,,, so I grab a beer , and go back to the chair,, just so I didn't make the trip for nothing .
Come to think of it I remember getting close to Spokane on I-90 and saying “What happened to Ritzville?” Lol.
Years ago I jumped in the car to go to a friends house across town, and realized 52 miles later I was pulling in to work in Charlotte. Totally absorbed in thought and made the trip on mental autopilot. Kinda scared the crap out of me.
Habit Capture or Pattern Capture - your brain on autopilot. It can be worse if yiu start on a common path, like for the workplace. Hard to beat if you are not paying attention. I no longer play the radio, for example - another distraction not needed in todays (crazy) traffic. I'll be buying my wife a dashcam for Christmas. Too many immigrants with no real driving experience out he road.
During Lent I always give up alcohol and I can't count the years that I swung by the gas station for gas and beer during Lent. I'd have the first beer in my hand and half down before I figured it out. Easily, there would be three or four 5 packs of longnecks in the beer fridge at the end of Lent. I wouldn't even miss beer, I would just forget. My wife would just grin and say at least I am trying.
Catholic Socialist Services makes bank on it. I have a colony of Hmong down the street...they have taken over an entire trailer park. Local schools claim they have over 90 languages in the school system, not counting Native languages. Great fun, eh?
Other places where my mind has wandered: Safety meetings, training, funerals, church and weddings. There’s really only one of the above that I may have to answer for. Lol.
The other day at work the same thing happened to my buddy, I was riding shotgun. He missed our turn and was heading home, lol. Of course I sat there silently, seeing how far we’d get. Finally he hollers, “WTF am I doing?” Lol.
