Baby Brain

Baby Brain is the idea that pregnant women and new mothers suffer from some type of cognitive impairment - specifically regarding memory.  I have yet to experience this.  I have, however, found that I am experiencing another issue - doing things that make absolutely no sense.

I wrote about one example a few days ago.  I was at the store, I got tired, and instead of just going to find a place to sit and rest for a minute I went through the checkout line, took the groceries I had purchased to the car, sat down for a rest, then finished the rest of my shopping.  Duh.  

Today?  Another example.  I have been craving banana bread lately and have taken to making it myself rather than buying it.  This morning as I was puttering around getting ready for the day (around 7:30) I went into the kitchen and saw we had a ton of bananas ready to be made into delightful loaves of bread.  Instead of continuing on with my morning and making a plan to make banana bread this evening or later this weekend, I immediately pulled out the Kitchen Aid and started mixing.  

Last time, I made a double batch which gave me a large loaf and 4 mini loaves.  Because I had 9 bananas and didn't want to waste any of them, I decided I needed to make a quadruple batch, completely oblivious to the fact that I could stick the extra bananas in the freezer and use them next time...or that throwing away a few bananas, worth less than $1 wouldn't be the end of the world.

I mixed up the dough, filled up the bread pans, and stuck them in the oven.  It wasn't until halfway through the baking process, when I opened the oven to check on my loaves, that I realized I had made A LOT of banana bread.  7 huge loaves to be exact.  What the heck?!?  I better go make room in the freezer.  And I better stop buying so many bananas.