Sometimes when my mind is staying occupied consistently with interesting or important data, it forgets little things... the precise word I'd like to use, a conversation I've had on a topic, an event that occurred in the past. Generally, I can eventually tap into those seemingly innocuous memories that are niggling to be recalled. Since the need for recall is often triggered by a current event, the memory becomes important and useful to the present time.
For example, my back started hurting yesterday after work. I sit at a desk all day and hadn't done anything crazy or strenuous. I knew this happened around winter last year as well, but all last night I could not remember what on earth caused it to happen. All I know is I slept on a heating pad for the next several weeks.... months... yeah.
Thank goodness I didn't completely neglect my blog last year, because the winter posts triggered that memory! I pulled my back last year while climbing over the seats in my brother's suburban while my mom was in town! This doesn't really help explain why my back all of a sudden has started hurting the same way again, but at least it finally came to me. I refuse to admit the temporary forgetting as a function of age; rather, it's an illustration of how occupied my mind is these days.
Yep, we'll go with that! :)
