A Shower Moment

Yesterday morning I had one of those moments in the shower. You've probably had them before, too. I was going through my shower routine that I got through every morning, checking items off the list when I suddenly realized it--I couldn't remember if I'd washed my hair or not!

This always bothers me. After all, I'd been in the shower less than two minutes. How could I not know what I had done during the last two minutes? I wracked my brain, but I simply couldn't say definitively one way or the other.

Then, what usually happens to me in that situation happened. I opened the bottle of shampoo and poured a little into my hand, and as soon as I did I remembered: I HAD already washed my hair. I'm not sure what tipped me off. Maybe it was just the act of reaching for the bottle. Maybe it was the feel of the cool shampoo in the palm of my hand. Maybe it was the smell of the shampoo. I'm not sure, but something clicked in my brain: I had just done this.

I guess worse than not remembering whether or not I've done something in the shower is to actually forget to do something. That doesn't happen nearly as often, but it does happen. I've turned off the shower and started to step out only to remember, "Hey, I never rinsed the shampoo out of my hair!" Or "Wait a minute! My underarms still have soap on them!" Something like that.

Maybe I'm getting old. Or maybe I'm just not awake first thing in the morning. I don't know. I guess, considering the alternative, that I'll go with the latter option.