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I called a friend from my cell phone to ask what time we were supposed to be having brunch the next Sunday. We decided on ten o'clock.
Then she asked me to email her when I got home to remind her that we had decided on ten. “I'll try to remember,” I told her, without much certainty that I would, and then had to hang up because I had reached my building, after which I
• Got the mail from my mailbox
• Chatted with a neighbor (about Paris) in the elevator (while remembering that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Unlocked my apartment door and stepped in with arms and bladder full
• Set down groceries (while remembering that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Turned on surge protector under the impression that I was turning on the computer (while still remembering that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Peed (without forgetting that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Noticed I had a voicemail, returned the call, and chatted about the crossword puzzle
• Noticed I hadn't turned on the computer and turned it on (all the while remembering that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Put groceries away while waiting for computer to boot (not having forgotten that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Took call from son about dinner while waiting for computer to boot (still remembering that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Played a couple games of solitaire while waiting for computer to finish loading all programs (still without forgetting that I was supposed to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday)
• Asked AOL to open, so I could email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday
• Took second call from son about dinner, chatted about movie he just saw
• Noticed that AOL was "not responding," closed program preparatory to re-opening it so I could finally email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday
• Said hello to son as he walked into the apartment and pointed out that it was five minutes to Jeopardy
• Put my dinner in oven while asking son to remind me to email my friend during first Jeopardy commercial break
• Watched first ten minutes of Jeopardy
• My son forgot to remind me, but I still remembered(!) and checked on progress of AOL, which wasn't yet ready for outgoing email
• Checked on progress of dinner
• Watched next ten minutes of Jeopardy
• Got dinner from oven
• Ate dinner while watching last ten minutes of Jeopardy
• Sat down at computer, finally opened AOL mailbox, having at no point forgotten that I was to email my friend about the time we had settled on for brunch on Sunday, only to discover that some time during Jeopardy she had emailed me confirming the time for brunch.
“Damn!” I said. “I was going to do that!”
