INTO MY MIND

242 Into My Mind - Sunday, August 30, 2009

A week and a day ago, we arrived at the hotel in Robinson at the onset of our week-long visit with Mom and Carlos. Years ago, after assessing the cost of a room addition to accommodate family visitors and travelers, they concluded it would be much more prudent to just put us all up in the Best Western only a mile or so from their house – the cost would be much less in the long run. Upon check-in, the clerk issued me two electronic room keys, one of which I gave to Cynthia. A few hours later, she inquired if I knew where she might have put the key away, knowing I had transferred ownership to her only a few minutes before. Every single day for the next seven, she searched for where she had put the plastic entry access device, each time without success and each time with my offer to go to the desk and get another for her. She just could not imagine where she had put it away – I assured her that she would find it when she least expected. Sure enough, as we made our way through the Indianapolis airport security check point and she had to remove a plastic bag filled with travel items we did not need while dwelling in the hotel, there it was – right there with the WetOnes and Purrell wipes – right where she had stowed it when I gave it to her while she was unpacking eight days ago. Gone from the hotel for three hours now, the key was no longer needed and, therefore, easily located. How like my own memory this example is – when I am searching it with fervency to recall a relevant name or other ‘access’ data, it is a total blank and loss to me, but when it is no longer a necessity, BOOM, it pops right into my mind!!

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