Frustrated!

August 9, 2020 (Chapter 5 Losing Things & Getting Lost in my book)

The frustration of living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is REAL! Today I decided to make some blueberry jam. This is something that I have done for many years. The frustration didn't happen while making the jam, but afterwards. I remembered that last year I bought two packages of jar labels. I also remember printing on the labels in one package but unfortunately, I can't find them. I looked everywhere that I thought they might be and they were not there. After buying them, I should have put them in a logical place. That would have been in the cabinets that hold all of my canning supplies. This is what makes the most sense to me, but unfortunately, I didn't put them there. After looking for a while, I was able to find the package of labels that I hadn't printed on. Unfortunately, I have no idea how I printed on them because I can't remember.

I decided to go on the website for the company that made the labels. I realize that I have an account set up, so I signed into my account, not knowing that I had recently saved a project. When I clicked on my project, I saw how I printed them previously. What I had printed on the labels was "Reduced sugar jam." I figured out how to add "Blueberry" above this text. I printed on one sheet of jar labels.

I looked in my pantry and I found some strawberry and peach jam that I had made two months ago. They all had the new labels on them. I know that eventually I will find the other package of labels but it is frustrating to try to remember where I put them. This package that I just typed on one sheet; I will be putting with my canning supplies.

When these things happen to me, it is so hard for me to not feel like I'm really stupid, even though I should know that it is not my fault. A few days after I wrote this, I found the missing package of labels. They were under a book on my coffee table. Now they are with the other labels and with my canning supplies!