Wintery Wednesday chat

 Hadn't read your post yet, when I posted the other. That's funny Tracy, I can understand the feeling of not wanting to embarrass the fellow.

We had the board meeting from hell today but I'm just celebrating that it's over. Trying to keep Shane calm and quiet when all he wanted to do was run around and say "hi" to everyone, was quite the challenge. I bribed him with so many treats that I was sure he'd throw up. He managed to do a stellar job for 4 hours of mind-numbing chatter though and is totally zonked out now though.

Maureen -- I think forgetting your aunt's name is entirely understandable, given the background you described.  Heck, my mother will rattle off a whole list of names when she's trying to get someone's attention.  Many a time I heard her say something like, "Jean . . . Chris . . . Sue . . . for God's sakes, I mean TRACY -- will you bring me my glasses, please?"  Both her sisters did the same thing, and I'm sure I'll hear myself do it one of these days (since I hear myself say so many other things my mother says)!  Edited to add:  the names she used were all members of the family -- not just random names!

I remember running into a woman in the grocery store once -- I knew her instantly, and she knew who I was -- we exchanged pleasantries for a couple minutes, I asked about her dogs, she asked about ours, then we said goodbye.  I never used her name and she never used mine -- I only knew her as "Woody and Brandy's mom from the dog park."  I know we introduced ourselves once or twice before, but no way could I remember her name, and my guess is she didn't remember mine either!

Cathy, having been to a number of board meetings from hell myself, I think it's miraculous that Shane did as well as he did for 4 hours!