I found the missing Adrian from upthread. He was right on my clipboard and it was right where I had left it. I had added the date we booked right on his ad-paper ad, and from there recalled the whole conversation perfectly-- I was to call a day or two ahead with a work plan so he'd know what tools to bring.

Rugs! Carry, lay, cut, tack. I'll get the tacks when I go to Wally World later tonight for eggs-- because he's not coming the Thursday I recalled, or my alt worry Tuesday-- we booked the 4th and that's Monday AM, bright and early! I may even remember to ask Hardi where his knee pads are!

One of the challenges of strokebrain is that it is very tempting to feel like you were (or are) stupid, or give in to confusion out of upset-- or thrash about worrying others-- when all that really needs to happen is to come across the clue your smart self left, knowing it would be needed. It IS a little disorienting to be ALSO re-arranging so many things- there are more places the reminder might have been set "in plain sight." It is also very tempting to allow others to define one as "strokebrained," which does not actually work in practical terms because in strokebrain, one is in a different place every day, due to the brain re-wiring itself. If I refer to a stroke issue I am doing so only in passing as I focus more fixedly on the goals I'm working towards. I do not need to join a stroke group. I need to get on with my life. This thread/topic is a resource for doing so just as it is for us all.

But viola! In that fashion I also found two of the three books I had told a fellow classmate we could share-- I read them long ago and didn't mark them, so they're hers if she wants to write in them (we start a class together next week).

Something someone posted last month has been sitting in the "reflections" part of my head, and I am now going to respond to it: Someone said what they had or had not "enjoyed" about my posts last month.

Well, AFAIK-- Mudcat has never been about what any one (or any group) "enjoy" or find entertaining, and AFAIK this particular topic (decluts and accountability) have always been mostly about tracking stuff for our own encouragement.

I certainly did not intend to do anything else and, for the most part, do not think I did. What's fair is fair. And what's policy is policy, above THAT.

~Susan