Thursday, August 03, 2006

i'm so stupid...

the biggest side effect of my being preggy is my dizziness....not the fainting kind but the 'i'm so stupid I can't even open a can without spilling everything everywhere' dizziness. Now I am someone who can organise and multi-task, have loads of common-sense and things come naturally to me. But now...

I'm so stupid...
  • I booked my mum's airfare online with Air New Zealand which I do regularly. Only to turn up at the airport and find I had booked her on another airline, Qantas. Luckily both flights were around the same time to wellington, nz. But I booked her as 'MR' and not 'MRS'. Thankfully they still let her on.
  • I went to my ultrasound appointment and forgot my medicare card so my man had to go back home, which is 30mins from hospital...if that wasn't stupid enough there's more. The receptionist asked me where I was born, I told her New Zealand. It took me a couple of minutes to remember I was actually born in Samoa. I overheard the receptionist talking on the phone to my antenatal clinic, 'oh, she said she was born in New Zealand'. I quickly ran over and told her I forgot i was born in Samoa, because I've lived most of my life in NZ. How can you forget where you were born??? I have never done that before. I love the fact I was born in Samoa, being an island girl is so much a part of my identity that it's just bizarre I forgot.
  • I've gone out for the day and left the heater on yet I distinctly remember turning it off. My brother came home and found it.
  • On a different day, I've gone out and left the front door open. Luckily my cousins popped around and discovered it.

There are two more, but they are waaaaay too shameful to share - 'too much information' for anyone to enjoy. Truly unfunky!

Dizzy things I do daily...spill whatever drink is in my hand, drop food, miss my mouth when i'm eating, open packets of anything and have them fly everywhere.

These things are not normal for me. I am usually very coordinated...I can kick a ball accurately, play volleyball and table tennis well with my right and left hand, juggle with my left hand. But now I can't even carry a glass of water in my right hand (yes, i'm right-handed).

Pregnancy has turned my hormones upside down. It was funny after the first couple of times............

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