I’ve always had a good memory- from the time I was very young it’s something I could pride myself on. However, since graduating College I’ve noticed myself become very absent minded and forgetful. I joke to my students that it’s because I’m getting old, but I’ll literally forget something right after I said it. Yesterday during a much needed trip to Target, I did probably one of the most absent minded things I’ve ever done. A close second would be the time I walked into a gas station, paid for gas, got out to my car, and drove off without ever filling up. But what happened yesterday really takes the cake. I was strolling through the clothing section in Target and walked away from my cart for a brief second just so I could browse. I know this isn’t wise, but even though I’ve had things stolen from me a few times before, I’m still a very trusting person. Anyway, I got done browsing and grabbed what I thought was my cart and continued shopping in other sections of the store. After a very productive shopping spree, I took my merchandise to the front and once again left my cart for a second to look at some magazines. Not even 1 minute later I got back to my cart and realized my purse was gone. Not only my purse, but several items I had picked out. I instantly freaked out and thought to myself “Not again. This seriously can’t be happening to me”. I ran over to security and told them someone had stolen my purse from my cart. As I’m explaining this a random lady walks by and says “There’s a cart with a black purse in it just sitting in the middle of an aisle in the back of the store”. So of course we rush down there and much to my surprise, there sat my cart with my purse, wallet, cellphone…. everything unharmed. Turns out I had accidently taken the wrong cart and was walking around the store with it for a good 15 minutes without even realizing it wasn’t mine! Thank God there were some honest people in the store that day. Moral of the story: I’m losing my mind.