The frustration of not understanding words!

.(Chapter 9 The Fog in my book)

Today I was talking to my eighty-three-year-old mom on the phone. She had lots of things to tell me about how her day was not going right. Unfortunately, everything that she was telling me I wasn't understanding the words. It wasn't until she started talking about her medication that things went very wrong for me. For some reason I thought that she might have been using expired medication. No matter how she explained it, I was just not comprehending! I don't think that I realized that I was in the fog until I was talking to my Mom.

After I got off the phone, I just wanted to cry! I know that this isn't my fault, but sometimes it can get overwhelming and today it made me feel so dumb! I just want my brain to work like it used to.

Because I journal a lot, I know that on Friday afternoon the fog rolled into my brain. Two days later, it is happening again. Oh boy! I am not happy!

Later, I decided to call my mom because I wanted to make sure that she wasn't taking expired medicine. I told her that my brain wasn't working that great today, and that I didn't understand the problem that she is having with her medication. We talked about this and she explained that the medication doesn't expire until 2020. What she needed was a new refill on this prescription. I'm so glad that I finally understand what she was saying earlier today. It is nice to know that she is not taking expired medication. I'm not even sure if I'm explaining this right or even if I was able to remember the details a few minutes after the phone call.

It is Monday morning and I know that I have been in this fog off and on since Friday. I don't remember when it lasted this long. I sure hope that it clears today.