Proof that I'm slowly pickling my brain with food preservatives and aspartame:

I recognize people, who recognize me back, but I cannot remember where I know them from. Today Matt and I were having lunch and a familiar face passed our table and I said "hi." Just as I was turning to Matt to ask him why he didn't say "hi," Matt asked, "You know that person?" I could have sworn I knew him through Matt or one of Matt's friends. See, even when I think I remember, I am totally off.

The worst ones are when I am totally clueless. Once while I was waiting for Matt a pair of delivery/moving men came out of our building elevator. One of them recognized me and started snapping his fingers while saying, "You're... You're..." This guy was a really big guy and I thought surely I would remember him for that alone. I said, "Jennifer" assuming that since I didn't think I knew him, he had got it wrong and that would dispell the situation. "Yes! Jennifer [insert last name here]" He practically shouted. As I looked confused and searched my brain, he tried jogging my memory with his name, the class we were both enrolled in college and the names of people who we both hung out with. It only made my humiliation worse. By that time, Matt came back from the car and I introduced him as my husband. The moving guy was pretty excited, shaking Matt's hand telling him congratulations. Finally, he had to go and get back to delivering appliances and after he left Matt asked me who that was. After witnessing the moving guy's enthusiasm, Matt thought it was amusing when I said, "I have no idea."