It's been 8 weeks since I had the baby, and I thought that my 'baby brain' would have disappeared by now.
This afternoon I did something so incredibly stupid that I think I need to be assessed for brain shrinkage.
I went to Target to do a little browsing.
NB - I don't buy as much there as I used to, contrary to popular belief. If you ask me, Target seems to have gone a little too upmarket. These days, it's like a Portmans for people who don't mind wearing ill-shaped clothing.
But I digress, whilst I shopped for baby suits (all the ones at home have vomit on them, best to keep buying new $6 ones, it's cheaper than washing), the heavens opened up.
By the time it came for me to leave, it was absolutely bucketing down! I could barely make out where I had parked the car. Of course I got soaking wet and my cereal now needs to be eaten immediately, as it has turned to mush. That's OK I thought. I can't loiter at the shops any longer, as it will be like this for hours and the babysitter has other things to do.
So I switch on the car's ignition and Elvis springs to life (a CD, I have not named the car Elvis). I amble out of the car park, desperately trying to see in front of me. I have not seen rain this heavy since last winter. I have my lights on and the windscreen wipers are going so fast that I am worried that they will jettison like a passenger on a dodgy roller coaster.
It's only a few kilometres until I get home, I think to myself.
The traffic is bumper to bumper, but surprisingly no-one is going under the speed limit, except me. They are mad! I think to myself. I have never been in fog so thick. It is at this point that I wish I was in my 1990's vehicle which has fog lights. I am panicking that someone will rear-end me at the up-coming traffic lights.
I fiddle with the stereo as I am not fond of the track 'Don't be Cruel' as it now reminds me of Cheap Trick.
I am getting a little warm. I expect it is nerves, so I switch the air conditioning from mid-range to cool. I am almost home.
The fog suddenly lifts.
I have been driving with a fogged up windscreen since I left the shops!! No wonder everyone else could see where they are going!
What a flipping idiot!
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