Brain Drain

What they say is true: Pregnancy Brain (aka Brain of the Placenta) does exist. Some people say it's like experiencing "senior's moments," but it actually goes well beyond that. Some recurrant symptoms:

• people's names are hard to remember (e.g., students, even ones Mom has had in previous semesters and knows quite well)
• organization skills are considerably reduced (e.g., without making a list, pack for a 12-day trip to England 2 hours before you leave the house)
• keeping track of more than one thing at a time, forget it (e.g., accidentally leave one of the two maternity fleece tops you own (i.e., the one in the photo on Qualicum Beach) at a store and don't notice until you're a 45 minute drive away)
• logical thoughts are barred from occurring (e.g., as you're leaving for the US, even though logically-thinking people - knowing that your flight first stops in Toronto - drop you off at the Domestic terminal, you walk all the way to the International terminal only to learn from a machine that you really should be in the Domestic terminal .... and that you grabbed the *expired* passport by mistake).
• spelling is a problem (e.g., on yesterday's class midterm, spell the *correct* multiple-choice answer incorrectly - even after you've proofread the test 4 times - and proceed to get bombarded with students asking if it's a trick question).