Oh yeah, guess I forgot about that

It’s funny how even when you know something isn’t there or is missing, you reach for it, or look for it anyway.

I used to always wear a watch. I don’t now. I just check the time on my phone or computer, or the closest available clock.

But in the years when I did wear a watch, sometimes they would break.

And yet, even knowing that I wasn’t wearing a watch I would keep checking my wrist – not once, not twice but maybe 30 times an hour.

And then each time I’d remember I’m not wearing a watch . . . until two minutes later when I wondered what time it was again. Yep, the watch is still gone. Oh yeah.

Recently we had our kitchen cabinets painted.

One of the first things that was done was the cabinet doors were all removed for them to be sprayed. I knew there were no doors. I watched them leave our house. I could see everything that was inside each cabinet.

I had even spent days in advance of this organizing and decluttering so everything inside the cabinets would be tidy once the doors were gone.

And still, in the first few days I’d find myself reaching to close cabinet doors that weren’t there. And not just once.

But again and again.

Oh yeah.

When the power first went out this past Saturday at our house because of the storm Dorian, my son Justin and I both acknowledged it.

“There goes the power,” one of us said. Or likely we both said it.

Seconds later he turned to go downstairs. The first thing he did was reach for the light switch to flick it on.

Of course, nothing happened. Oh yeah, he said.

I had several “oh yeah” moments as the day went on.

I knew there was no power. That’s why the hallway was dark. Yet still, I reached for light switches.

Oh yeah.

By Sunday morning we were understandably still without power – let me just say kudos to Nova Scotia Power crews for the work they do. What an huge job they were tasked with this time. Our power was eventually restored Monday afternoon.

But let’s just say on Sunday even Nova Scotia Power couldn’t fix my ‘post Dorian, no power, was in and out in the rain and wind too many times the day before’ hairdo.

Knowing it was only going to get worse as the day wore on, I decided to wash my hair.

Our bathtub was filled with water. I had done that on Friday night knowing we’d likely be losing power.

While I was filling the tub with water on Friday night, and after leaving the bathroom, I kept giving myself a mental note: “Don’t forgot you’re doing this.”

I went back a couple of times to check on how the filling of the tub was going.

And then I went and sat on the couch and started watching TV. And got distracted.

Some time went by. Eventually I had to go to the bathroom. To put it bluntly, I had to pee.

As I was walking down the hall I could hear the water running. Oh yeah !!!!

I got into the bathroom seconds before the tub was just about to overflow. That would have been an interesting conversation to have with my husband – explaining to him why we had flooded BEFORE the storm had hit.

As a friend told me, “Your bladder to the rescue.”

Anyway, back to my hairstyle, or lack thereof.

You’d think that after and while washing my hair using red solo cups to dump the ice-cold water out of the bathtub onto my head I’d remember I was doing this because there was no power.

(And just a question, why does a glass of water left out become room temperature but a bathtub of power outage water become freezing cold?)

Each time I’d pour a cup of water over my head I’d think to myself, brrrr….that’s cold. Brrrr….that’s cold

Brrrr….that’s cold.

And then when I walked out of the bathroom I literally reached for the light switch to turn it off. And that was after hitting the light switch a few times already before that.

Memo to self: You have no power.

Oh yeah.

While I’m at it, why don’t I look at my watch too – the one I haven’t worn in two years.