All Things Anne

For being a young person, I have a horrible short-term memory. (Long-term isn’t too much better!) So, I always write myself notes…on pieces of paper that I put in my pocket, or on my hand. The bad thing about writing it on a piece of paper is because I fold it up and put it in my pocket and sometimes forget about it. On the other hand (pun intended) if I write it on my hand (the palm), sometimes it washes off before I remember to look at my hand and do whatever the note said! The other bad thing about writing on my hand is that somehow, in my sleep, the ink rubs off and gets everywhere. My cheek (I have a habit of putting my hands on my face while I’m sleeping!), my clothes/pajamas, the sheet or pillowcase (fortunately I use a dark blue pillowcase and sheets, the light blue sheet I had was very ink-spotted and stained!), my other hand, etc. So, I wake up looking like I have bruises on the sides of my head!

Abby came and sat on my lap earlier, and she saw the writing on my palm. Now, being two years old, writing on herself is strictly off-limits! So is writing on anybody else, or anything but paper.
“You co’red on your han?” she asked, her blue eyes wide.
“Uh huh.” How to explain this to a two-year-old? “I’m a bad girl and I colored on my hand.”
“You a bad girl?”
“Uh huh.”
Somebody passed by, and Abby told them, “Anne’s a bad girl, she co’red on her han!”

I just hate to think of what I’ll be like in 20 years! :-S

Everyone has a photographic memory, some just don’t have film!