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musings from aparent &Cannabis consumer Head in the clouds
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“There’s a fine line between stoned and stupid, sis,” my brother laughed, standing next to me in the beach parking lot. “And I’m pretty sure you just crossed it.” We were appraising the assorted jumble of beach chairs and boogie boards we had yanked out of the back of my brother’s SUV and dumped onto the steaming Summer asphalt. No doubt about it, the pile definitely lacked some key beach necessities - namely the two beach bags I had packed full of towels, sunblock, trashy magazines and a speaker, immediately before puffing on a pre-roll to calm my sciatica. While Tom restocked the car, I bit my lip in concentration, mentally walking backwards through the fog, trying to remember how I could have possibly forgotten everything we needed - except the beach chairs.
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HMMM. How to admit this without seeming like a total bimbo? “I’m so sorry,” I said meekly. “I swear I thought I put them in the car, but maybe I left them at the rental...” I’ll admit it, Leafers. I was higher than expected and trying to get a mental picture of where exactly I had lost my brain and left the bags, and it was proving to be more difficult than usual. I should be better at these sorts of mental gymnastics by now. I forget to bring things all the time. Usually, the things in question are the very things needed for said activity. After making sure that the purse I intend to take with me is properly stocked with the appropriate lipgloss, reading glasses and Covid mask, I often get to the grocery store and realize that I forgot to add my wallet to the mix before leaving the house. Seriously - I do this often. I have not always been so reliably forgetful. Some people’s feet are on the ground while other’s heads are permanently floating in the clouds. Twenty years ago, my feet were planted.
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I remembered everything. I have migrated since then, gradually becoming a more forgetful version of my mother. Before leaving the house, I find myself verbally confirming that I do, in fact, have the basic I was higher essentials needed than expected to leave the house. The key word in that and trying to sentence is ‘verbalget a mental ly,’ as in out loud. picture of where I look like a crazy person standing at exactly I had the door announcing lost my brain my pre-departure and left the checklist to my fluffy companion, Garcia. bags, and it was “I have my shopproving to be ping list. Good. Readmore difficult ing glasses, check. than usual. Sunglasses, check.
