Use It or Lose It Isn't Helping

I have come to the realization that I am not getting dumb.

I have already "got" dumb.

I have only one explanation... 

my nemesis Dead Estrogen.

I used to be an intelligent person.

I received excellent grades with little or no effort.

I spoke well and I could back it up.

I knew stuff.

I knew where Persia was on the map.

I knew Persia was now called Iran.

Currently,

I am not sure I could fill in all the states on

a blank U.S. map.

Honestly...

Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut

it is all a blur.

I am forever saying words that sound similar

and mean nothing alike.

Last week, on this blog

I said edition when clearly I meant addition.

I do it all. the. time.

I have jokingly said I have the 

vocabulary of a 4th grader.

In actuality, I have the vocabulary of

a dumb 4th grader.

ugh.

Last week I was talking to a friend...

yada yada yada

blah blah blah

(a skill I still master)

I was saying " I have a nice camera

but I don't use it much.

I like to be in the action and not the one behind it.

When I am taking pictures, I feel like I am missing the fun.

I need to take someone along to use it for me.

I am just not much of a picture taker."

 Seriously??

Picture taker.

Perhaps Janie, you mean photographer.

I have decided when I hire a photographer 

to follow me around to document my life

I need to also hire a public speaker.

I am getting a really smart one too...

one who has a 6th grade vocabulary.

Dumb or not, I'm fancy like that.