do you remember

i just woke up and already have a headache. not a good sign for the day. and i've also just realized something: i'm an idiot. i think that's idjit in some scandinavian language. for the past few days, i have been reading this new blog called peneleope trunk's brazen careerist. except i thought it was penelope's trunk. like, as in pandora's box or something. she has a trunk full of ideas. but no, now i think trunk is her last name. and i thought brazen careerist was an adjective to describe her, which i guess it is, but it's also the name of her company. way to pay attention, danielle.

and i've started to notice it in other ways, too. for example, the other day, i was about to make hard boiled eggs when my mom got home from work. she was gonna go upstairs to take a nap (since she works 5am-1:30 every day) and so i said, "ok, i'll go up with you and show you something in eric's room before you lay/lie down" (i can never keep those two straight). i told her to wait for me as i put the big pot of water on the burner turned up to high so it could heat up while i was upstairs for 3.5 minutes. so i show her whatever it was - i think how i cleaned my little brother's room - and then before i go back downstairs to the kitchen i see my laptop in my room and think, "oh, i'll check my email." so i while i'm waiting for my email to load, i start picking up my room. and it's gotten pretty clean and so i decide to take my dirty mug downstairs. as i'm going downstairs, i heard this hissing noise. "is there a gas leak? would i even hear a gas leak? what if it's not a gas leak but we still do have a gas leak??" i walk into the kitchen, towards the direction of the noise, and realize that i spent a HALF HOUR upstairs and almost all the water in my pot has boiled off! i put an egg in and the water does not cover it, so i have to fill it up with more water and wait for it to boil again. so i start picking up the kitchen and go to throw something away. our garbage is technically in the dining room (sounds weird, but its not really), so i go into the other room to throw it away. then i notice something on the buffet, so i go over to that and mess with that, then i realize i never actually checked my email. i walk through the living room to the computer room to check my email on my parents computer. while i wait for that to start up, i realize i never finished putting eggs in the boiling water. AGAIN. so i run back to the kitchen and put eggs in the water. then i finish picking up the kitchen and realize that i forgot to put the timer on the eggs. so i put it on 10 minutes, even though i know they have been in for at least 3-4 minutes, not counting the one that was probably done from when i first put it in the water. and while i'm waiting i get bored. so i figure i'll go check the mail. so i go to the front door and see that i have a new netflix. which makes me think to go get my dvd player so i can watch netflix while i'm waiting for the eggs to be done. back in my room, i realize i still havent checked my email. so i look at that on my laptop and put the netflix on my player. 10-15 min later during a break in the conversation, i hear the buzzer from downstairs in the kitchen. eggs! so i run down and turn the buzzer off and think, "that was stupid, i should've brought my dvd player down so i could keep watching." so back upstairs i go. i get distracted by a pile of books on my nightstand that's not exactly properly situated so i go through those and realize i have a LOT of books i need to read. then i see the dvd player which reminds me that i came up for it, so i casually take it back downstairs. i remembered what i needed, but not why. the eggs were still boiling. ! so i finally turn the heat off, but the pot is too hot to handle and i'm too lazy to take out the pot holders. so i sit in the nook in the kitchen watching my netflix for another 30-40 min, 2 feet from the stove, without draining the water out of the pot. i'm sure the eggs were slowly cooking the whole time. once i realize this, i pour the water out and add cold water and ice cubes to the pot. i'm sure instead of hard boiled eggs, like i wanted, we probably have hardened eggs. as i sit, disappointed with myself, i realize that i never checked for the gas leak! i stand up thinking, "where do i check for a gas leak??" and then i realize there never was a gas leak, it was the hot water boiling. i give up.