repeat, repeat, re.........

All of us have a tendency to talk to ourselves - especially when we need to remember something OR are under stress - right.  Then there are the times that people keep wanting to verify something.  The questions are - your name and your birthday, and your name and birthday, and...... until you are ready to put a big sign on.

Dad had to have outpatient surgery.  The question - name and birthday - started as we arrived and were admitted.  I think I have referred to his method of giving his birthday and the time: 4/20/? (I don't remember) at 6:05am.  Then 4/20 at 6:30am.  Then 4/20 at 7:00 am.  It took a few times before I figured out what he was seeing and doing.  I told him his mother was going to come back and bop him one!

I recently was continually asked the same repeated questions.  I REALLY thought about following in Dad's footsteps but figured it might get me in trouble.  He got ignored but I would probably get spoken to firmly.  Still it caused a wonderful memory in a difficult time.  You can either laugh or start screaming..........