Recent Incidents

...suggest that grad school has made me senile:

Tuesday - I came home to do laundry (which included washing the pants I had worn that day), and about the time the load was done drying, I found myself looking for my cell phone. I thought I had remembered using my cell phone since I put my pants in the laundry but couldn't be quite sure. I then found myself compelled to check the dryer for my cell phone before I bothered to search my room because it seemed completely possible in my state of mind...

Friday - I tried to spend the morning working at home, pulled out my computer, charger, pen, and hard copy of a paper. After setting up my computer at the couch, I sat down and couldn't locate my paper. I looked around at all the nearby tables, found only my pen, and didn't have the energy to go back to my book bag to look for it. When I finally did get up to look for the paper, I found that it was not in the kitchen or near my book bag, and I turned around to return to the couch only to notice my butt-printed paper resting on the couch cushion where I had been sitting.

There were more, but I can't remember them...