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A Very Unimportant Post

Highlands72 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 01:12:12 GMT

I think that I have never started a topic in "Community Chat." I may have done, but if so, I can't recall it.

So here is an innocuous post that should be free of controversy.

All day I have felt that it is Friday. I have felt the wrong day in the past, but today, I am repeatedly forgetting it is Tuesday, much more so than in the past. I have proceeded through the day doing things that I usually do on Fridays and forgetting to do things that must be done on Tuesdays (meeting a friend for lunch; putting out the recyclables, for instance).

I guess it is because work is over for the week and the kids are out of school until Monday, but that has happened in the past without this happening. Strange.

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Oznell — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 01:46:11 GMT

@Highlands72, funny you should say that! I keep thinking this is Thanksgiving day itself! Mainly because our son has to work all Thanksgiving-- he has a part-time job as a waiter at a busy restaurant.

Wednesday and Friday one or the other of us have appointments and other stuff, so we belatedly realized we'd have to have Thanksgiving dinner today. Can't believe I pulled it together in one day, although I had to "cheat" on a couple of pre-cooked things!

So now we're all sated and lying around the living room watching "Where Eagles Dare" which I DVR'd recently.

For us, it's Thanksgiving night! Have a great holiday.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 01:54:27 GMT

HI, @Highlands72 - we've had early snowfall at my house, and I just recently returned from travel to see relatives - I find that my sense of "normalcy" is completely awry. Not to mention that DH has a four day weekend coming up.

Happy Thanksgiving!🙌🏼

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catwhisperer — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:01:42 GMT

@Highlands72...I appreciate your honesty. Most of the time when I post a comment on CC or AF, I offend someone, then end up apologizing. It gets old. I'm afraid to post on these boards anymore.

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Highlands72 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:09:58 GMT

@Sweetbay magnolia
@Oznell

@catwhisperer

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Thanks to you guys for your replies. I am somewhat relieved to know that I am not alone in my confusion.

It has been so frustrating today for me to be constantly reminding myself it is not Friday. I put a big sign on the refrigerator--"Today is Tuesday." I hope I am not in the same mental state tomorrow or I may have to do another sign for Wednesday and wear it around my neck.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

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Caligurll — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:13:31 GMT

@Highlands72 wrote:
@Sweetbay magnolia
@Oznell
@catwhisperer

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Thanks to you guys for your replies. I am somewhat relieved to know that I am not alone in my confusion.

It has been so frustrating today for me to be constantly reminding myself it is not Friday. I put a big sign on the refrigerator--"Today is Tuesday." I hope I am not in the same mental state tomorrow or I may have to do another sign for Wednesday and wear it around my neck.

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

@Highlands72 A happy Thanksgiving to you too!

Since retiring, the first thing I do when I wake up every morning, before I get out out bed, is to try to remember what day it is. Some days it's quick, some, not so much!

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Its Me LuLuBelle2 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:20:43 GMT

@Highlands72, there are never "dumb" questions or unimportant posts. We learn by asking and sharing! Since I've retired every night is Friday and everday is Saturday - lol! I don't even try to remember what day of the week it is anymore. No worries!

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LoveMeSomeQVC — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 02:44:17 GMT

@Highlands72 @Caligurll I love this post. Ok, I'll admit it. Some mornings when I wake up, my first spoken thought is: "Alexa, what day is it?"

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on the bay — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:14:40 GMT

@Highlands72-

Haha-these are all funny but nice to read and know we are not alone!

I love the one @Its Me LuLuBelle2 wrote that every night is Friday and every day is Saturday!-Good one.

What's worse is sometimes when I travel to see the rest of my family I really have to stop to think what state I'm in or just came from!

Or so I"ll remember how old I am I try to think of how old I will be months before it happens so by the time my birthday actually comes, I think I've already been that for months if you get what I mean lol!

I always say if you remember your own name you're doing ok (and there might be days you have to think about that!)

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on the bay — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:18:49 GMT

@catwhisperer-

I just wanted to say hi and do you know I was thinking about you because I understand and was remembering how you said you don't post that much anymore. I had a similar experience awhile back and just wanted to say I thought of you and can commiserate. Was also hoping you wouldn't stay away too long

I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving

and all of us do too!

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on the bay — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:21:00 GMT

@Highlands72-

P.S.-

I love the title of your post!

I think we should have a lot of those.

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september — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:23:52 GMT

Holiday weeks always mix things up. We’re checking for the mail on days it isn’t coming, trying to call people on days when they’re not working, etc.

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september — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:26:58 GMT

@catwhisperer wrote:
@Highlands72...I appreciate your honesty. Most of the time when I post a comment on CC or AF, I offend someone, then end up apologizing. It gets old. I'm afraid to post on these boards anymore.

@catwhisperer Don’t be afraid. I don’t post here often anymore, but when I do, someone always seems to take my comments in a way not intended. We misunderstood posters need to carry on!

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occasionalrain — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:38:23 GMT

I'm sure to regret sharing this. For me, each day of the week has a feeling and a color. Tuesday, blue, feels differently than Thursday which is yellow. I don't have assigned tasks to days like laundry on Monday. I don't like schedules or appointments although work makes them necessary. Today felt like a Wednesday probably because of Thanksgiving.

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Highlands72 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:48:18 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
I'm sure to regret sharing this. For me, each day of the week has a feeling and a color. Tuesday, blue, feels differently than Thursday which is yellow. I don't have assigned tasks to days like laundry on Monday. I don't like schedules or appointments although work makes them necessary. Today felt like a Wednesday probably because of Thanksgiving.

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You may be already aware of this, but it sounds as if you have a form of synesthesia.

Usually this manifests itself in mentally assigning colors to numbers and letters. It can extend to days, months, music notes, etc.

I have this. Not sure how common it is, but I have tried to explain it to people who thought I was nuts when I said the number 2 is blue, for example.

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Highlands72 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:51:31 GMT

Hey, you guys have been great. I appreciate all of the light-hearted replies and acknowledgments.

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occasionalrain — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 04:04:43 GMT

@Highlands72 If I assign it, it's not consciously, I just see a certain shade of the color. Some names have colors too. I didn't know it was mental affliction. Whatever it is, I like it. Do you?

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Highlands72 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 04:10:11 GMT

@occasionalrain wrote:
@Highlands72 If I assign it, it's not consciously, I just see a certain shade of the color. Some names have colors too. I didn't know it was mental affliction. Whatever it is, I like it. Do you?

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Synesthesia is definitely not a conscious or intentional phenomenon; it just happens automatically somewhere in the brain.

I never think of it as an affliction, or in any negative sense. I always have had it and thought everyone did, until I was an adult and realized it wasn't as common as I thought.

I like it, too.

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denisemb — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 06:48:04 GMT

Oh heck...you guys are young amateurs.

Sometimes I not only NOT know what day of the week it is, but what month (a drawback of moving from MI to FL), or how old I am and even my name! LOL

Denise aka DeeDee, Dee, Deed, Heidi and...Baby Cat

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meallen616 — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 09:55:03 GMT