starting to lose his short-term memory. Watch out! He forgets to turn
things off!
Keep this between us, because well, you know how he is.
I mean, we've all heard the story of how he almost burned down his
apartment building, but I imagined it was just a fluke. When just a
few weeks ago he left the stove on again and burned my favorite
thermos, I thought "fluke again".
But we had Nono over last night and today for Thanksgiving and I think
differently now.
1. In the middle of the night, Nono decided to roast a turkey. He put
the turkey in the oven, sat on the couch, and promptly fell asleep.
The oven was on all night. (Don't tell him I told you.)
2. He turned on the sink to wash dishes. Then he walked away and left
it running right into the drain.
3. He turned on the bathroom sink to do that thing you do. He left it
on for hours before Patricia realized.
4. Today the oven was turned on, and so he opened it to put his turkey
in to warm up. He left it open. Awhile later, after I came over to the
kitchen and closed the oven, he remembered why it was open.
5. He leaves the stove on a lot. He uses it to heat his hands up or to
heat up water for maté. I have a gas stove, which is more dangerous.
Thank goodness for the whistle on my kettle.
I feel like I have to follow Nono around my house turning things off.
Soon we're going to need a Nono-sitter. I'm not sure he can be left by
himself.
I'm pretty forgetful too. Am I going to end up like this? I guess I
better start taking my Ginkgo biloba.
David
No comments:
Post a Comment