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Sometimes I feel really really dumb......I know I am not dumb though. I did good in school and I know lots of stuff. But sometimes my common sense goes out the window!

This morning I got into my car and noticed I needed gas. Blegh. I hate getting gas, especially if it's cold and yucky outside, which it was. But I pulled up at the station and went to get my ATM card out of my purse. And I dropped it into a crevice next to the passenger seat!

I could see it, but I could not get my hand down there because it was way too narrow. I tried and I tried and I even climbed in the back seat and tried to reach under the seat and get it. I couldn't do it!! It was stuck. I spent 10 minutes trying with no luck.

I was in trouble though because I had no cash, the place did not take checks or credit cards.......and I had no gas!!! I ended up having to go out of my way to a different gas station that took Visa cards. But then I was late for work.

At lunch time I went to my car and tried for another 15 minutes to get the card back. Unsuccessfully!!! When I got home I told Kyle my problem and begged him to get some tools and fish it out of there for me. I suggested pliers or something fancy that can grab stuff easily.

He went out there, looked into the crevice.....then he scooted the seat forward and just reached down and picked up the ATM card!!! Just like that! OMG.....I'm so stupid. I seriously never even thought to try and move the seat. That should have been my FIRST instinct. But it didn't even cross my mind.

He was laughing pretty good at me and asked what I would do without him......the answer is probably have to go to the bank and order a new card because I am too brain dead to move the seat.......LOL

I swear I am smart. Mostly. But sometimes I guess my brain takes a nap and won't wake up.......LOL

xxoo natalie xxoo



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  • hotnsexy said on Jan 24, 2008....
    i have a brain dead moment like this daily. its no biggie!
  • the_infernal_optimist said on Jan 24, 2008....
    That's too funny, Nat. :-D Good thing you do have Kyle, eh? ;-)

    ~Infernal
  • evil_twin said on Jan 24, 2008....
    Yes, my dear, you'd be lost without me ;-) I couldn't help but laugh about this! It was so funny that you were panicked you'd never get the card back. But never fear, I rescued it! And I know you're really smart too. This was just one of those moments :-P

    -Kyle
  • nursecutie said on Jan 24, 2008....

    hotnsexy, I am glad I'm not alone!

    infernal, I am lucky that Kyle's brain was awake aren't I? LOL

    Kyle, it was definitely one of those moments! I am glad you had more common sense than I did.....LOL That's why I married you! ;)

  • wakingharmony said on Jan 24, 2008....
    Sounds so me hon!!! I was reading to Thomas and I know he was thinking  (*Margaret*)  so do feel so alone.hehe
  • GracefullyGrowing said on Jan 24, 2008....

    lol


    ~Grace~
  • nytquill17 said on Jan 24, 2008....
    Oof, I feel your pain.  This kind of thing happens to me all the time.  Usually I will find a solution to whatever it is, but then someone else shows up and says, "Why didn't you just [whatever]?" and I want to smack my head on something because I didn't think of it!

    I'll give you an example but it might be hard to picture.  Once I was trying to put a new string on my acoustic guitar.  Guitar strings have this little ball on the end, you push the ball through a hole in the guitar itself and then there's a peg that goes in the hole to hold the ball in place.  But this particular string I had, the ball on it was too big and I didn't have any spares to use.  I had to make this one work.  I spent like half an hour filing the metal ball it down with the file on my keychain until it would fit.  I told my dad about it later and he asked why I didn't just thread the other end of the string, the one without the ball on it, up through the hole from underneath... *facedesk*

    So you're not alone! :D
  • hotnsexy said on Jan 24, 2008....
    good. i'm glad that i can be of service newlywed :)
  • Lucytorial said on Jan 24, 2008....
    permanent state of being completely blond is a part of my daily life... most of the time its me looking for my glasses... usually they are in front of me... or I will put something in the fridge like toilet paper and then put the milk on my bathroom bench..

    Its okay, if it begins to happen more often then you know that you are well and truly into the honeymoon period...

    Too much sex eh! I bet! **snigger**

    Either that or you are definitely up the duff and have preggers brain syndrome!


  • runningbear said on Jan 25, 2008....
    nursecutie, we all have those moments. don't worry about it.
  • queenparanoia said on Jan 25, 2008....
    hehehe this is pretty funny. dont worry natalie you are not alone it happens a lot for me too... maybe we're too smart that the brain grew tired... LOL... =) 
  • silverwhisper said on Jan 25, 2008....
    hey, we all have those moments--you did see the few kyle posted before you two got involved, right? :D

    ed
  • MrDarcy~RayUK said on Jan 25, 2008....
    Did you have a blonde moment?  8-) 

    ~Ray
  • lfbno7 said on Jan 25, 2008....
    That story made me smile. I know exactly what it's like to drop something in between the two front seats, and I always stick my hand in there, and I don't think it ever occurred to me to move the seat. What I ended up doing one time was get in the back seat and sticking my hand in under the seat to get something. Actually, it's not fair to move the seat, and that shouldn't be allowed, it's cheating.
  • polarheart said on Jan 25, 2008....
    Nursie, its funny how our brains can just go mushy sometimes - and you dont even have kids yet!  It gets worse from pregnancy - - - wait a minute!!  Go buy a home pregnancy test right this instant! LOL
     
    Anyway, I have also had my fair share of stooopid moments - take a read HERE.
  • rupert7 said on Jan 25, 2008....
    Nat!! are you blond? lol  ( I have had those days myself!)
  • wombat said on Jan 25, 2008....
    You are not alone!  I do things like this quite often--like the other day when I thought I had two left gloves....(turn the other one over!)
  • nytquill17 said on Jan 25, 2008....
    lol Wombie! I've done that ;)  When I was in college I left my dorm room and was halfway out of the building before I realized I had my jacket on upside down.  Not backwards, not inside out... upside down.  Like, with the hood on my butt. 

    I also sat through an entire class once before I realized that I'd put my shirt on inside out, with the tag and all the seams and everything showing... Totally sober in both cases, I swear to god!  Just a ditz.
  • Mamie said on Jan 25, 2008....
    hysterical, Nat! and laughing at Nyt...the hood on your butt was the first clue! I was at a meeting the other day and the guy said, uh, excuse me there is something hanging off your hair and I reached to the side of my bangs and there was a bobby pin hanging by one hair....I had a clump of bangs with a mind of their own that morning and had pinned them down meaning to take it out before the meeting...uh, duh...I can't believe these people make donations to my group!
  • uniquely-ironic said on Jan 25, 2008....
    LOL  Somehow you didn't see the forest for the trees with this problem.  At least you can see how funny it is.
  • wombat said on Jan 25, 2008....
    nytquill17:  Sorry to nudge my way back in, but that one I've never done or heard of...ha.  If some teen had seen you, you might have started a new "trend."
  • Eilan said on Jan 25, 2008....
    D'oh!  I probably wouldn't have thought of that, either.  Some of the things I do keep my husband busy in his retirement!
  • MissMimi said on Jan 25, 2008....
    oh yes, I've misplaced my cranial matter a time or two.  I once went grocery shopping with my sweatshirt on inside out.  My daughter waited to tell me until we were checking out.  She thought it was hysterical.  I couldn't even rectify the problem because all I had under the sweatshirt was my underwear.
  • nytquill17 said on Jan 25, 2008....
    Wombat: well, I was on a college campus so...maybe I did!  lol!

    One day I'll go back there and everybody will be wearing their hoods on their butts.  They'll be making jackets with "butt hoods" and selling them in stores!
  • hinana said on Jan 25, 2008....
    lol. normally if things fall inbetween the seats i can fit my hand in. im too small =P
     
    nytquill- at least ur butt would stay warm. good idea
  • quietone said on Jan 25, 2008....

    good one natalie!  Glad your husband was available to help you out!  :)  hehe

  • Battycat said on Jan 25, 2008....
    LOL :-) You're not alone!
  • Zayda said on Jan 25, 2008....
    OH....NC....this made me laugh, not at you, but with you because I have done something very similar.
  • Mr_Box said on Jan 25, 2008....

    This is really funny. I think that we sometimes tend to automatically try and figure the hardest way out of a problem, rather than something that appears too easy.

    It doesn't mean you're dumb though. It's just kind of cute instead. At least that new husband of yours made himself useful.

  • cntlvmenuf said on Jan 25, 2008....
    Ha! I know those moments too.....One that comes to mind is I was rushing to go for my lunch break and was talking on my cell phone with my friend, I grabbed my keys and started pulling drawers on my desk and fumbling in my handbag looking for....guess what....my cell phone!!
     
    Its a short circuit sometimes when we are panicking and think the answer is more complex. Either a light bulb goes off or others rescue us!...plus it gives us a chance to laugh at ourselves :-)
  • nursecutie said on Jan 25, 2008....

    waking, it's nice to know other people have those moments too! LOL

    grace, :)

    nytquill, I was LMAO about your jacket being on upside down!! I have done that before several times, but I caught it right away and didn't go out like that! LOL! And the part where you filed the little ball down.......I would prob. have done the same silly thing!

    hotnsexy, you made me feel better so thanks! :)

    lucy, maybe it's too much sex? LOL ;) But I'm not pregnant! Imagine how ditzy I might be if I was??

    runningbear, thank you :)

    queenP, that's it! We're too smart and our brains got tired......LOL

    ed, I'm lucky that Kyle does just as many silly things, so we're evenly matched! LOL

    Mr. Darcy, definitely a blonde moment!

    lfbno, we must think alike! I got into the backseat and reached under there too......LOL It isn't fair how easy the solution was. Mostly b/c I didn't think of it first!

    Polar, I'm not pregnant! LOL You guys are scaring me..... ;) Your story was funny though!

    rupert, I hate to perpetuate stereotypes.....but yes I'm blonde! LOL [insert blonde joke here]

    wombat, two left gloves? Aww! I would have probably done something silly like that too......

    mamie, one time I put hot rollers in my hair......and I thought I had them all out, but there was one stuck to the back of my head! And I went to school like that......LOL!

    unique, I totally didn't see the forest for the trees at all!

    eilan, I'm glad you wouldn't have thought of it either! That's what husbands are for right? LOL

    mimi, I have worn my clothes inside out before too. Esp. if I get dressed in a hurry in the dark!

    hinana, you are lucky you have small hands!

    quietone, yes my wonderful new husband helped me out! yay!

    batty, thanks!

    zayda, I'm glad you laughed! I guess we all have our brain dead moments......LOL

    Mr. Box, you're right. I was automatically making it more complicated than it had to be. Stupid brain....LOL I'm glad you think it's cute :)

    cntlvmenuf, oh I've done that before! I have looked everywhere for something only to realize I was already holding it in my hands!

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