list or else I will easily forget things. I have grown used to the unreliability of my memory. This week, however, something entirely new occurred that has eroded even more my confidence in being able to remember important things.
I had promised to drop
off documents at one of the local parishes. One of my friends needed them to
make an announcement after the Sunday masses. At the beginning of the week, I
went over what I needed to do during the week. I knew I had to deliver those
documents. I did remember the task to be done, but as I went digging into the storage
system that my brain uses to recall things, my memory brought up an image of my
delivering papers to the very church where the delivery was expected. Satisfied
I had accomplished my duties, I checked that task off my to-do list.
On the day the documents
were needed, my friend called me in a panic and asked me if I had delivered
them. She could not find them. I then realized that my memory had pulled a fast
one on me: instead of providing me with accurate information on what I had done
recently, it pulled up a year-old memory of my delivering pamphlets at the very
same church. My memory has betrayed me in a brand-new treasonous way! Does
anybody know where I can buy a slightly used but more reliable memory bank?
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