I forget.

The biggest casualty of the deployment has been my brain.

I can barely think. Of anything. ANYTHING.

I used to be all smart and thoughtful--I didn't even NEED the spellchecker because I knew it was wrong when I typed it. That is how smart I was, peeps. And I knew how many oz were in a cup without looking at the measuring cup. That is almost knowing the metric system, peeps. High intelligence.

Now I am completely brain-dead.

At night I can't sleep so I play on the laptop to tire me out. And my brain has suffered for it.
At night I am so tired I just watch TV. And my brain has suffered for it.

And, somehow, Jooj has gotten smarter. On her own she has figured out the concept of "both vs all" and is working on understanding "best friends." ("I you best friend to find shoes, Mami!") How is this possible? I certainly am not teaching her anything.

On a side note, if you write or type "turnip" about six times in a row it ceases to lose all meaning. Try it. That is how my brain feels all of the time. (See how I brought it back to me? At least I haven't lost THAT skill, yet.)