Notes to Self

I am forever forgetting things and Mr. Ginley is forever telling me to "write it down."

"Splooting"
(photo credit below)

He has index cards and scraps of paper with all kinds of information, often relating to tips and tricks for using the computer. 

I, on the other hand, have taken to making notes using a handy-dandy app on my phone. I'll go in and tap out a quick message for myself and save it, confident that I will know exactly what I wanted to tell myself.

Except that often, I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Periodically, I will scroll through and cull the herd, removing shopping lists from extinct Target visits. Sometimes I'll remember that, "Oh ya, that was a trailer for a movie or TV show that looked interesting."

But other times, I'm like, "What the hell was I trying to tell me?" For example, I found these random words:

• Yakisoba: I had to look this one up. It's a Japanese noodle dish. Was I planning on ordering it or did I just think the name was cool?
• Bad Sisters: I'm pretty sure this was a movie or TV series I want to watch and not a commentary on my siblings.
• 1240: Maybe it's military time– do I have an appointment for something at 12:40?
• Splooting: I did remember this one because the name made me laugh. It's when a dog or cat lies down with all four legs splayed out.
• Washington Machines Cleaner: I'm thinking my wacky phone was trying to guess (incorrectly, as usual) what I wanted to type and added a few letters to this shopping list item.
• Schinkennudeln: Another name that just tickled me. It a ham and noodle dish that showed up in the FB feed for Axel's German Import store. 
• Santa Combing a Squirrel: I thought long and hard about this guy. It may have had to do with a Christmas lawn display we saw and a comment that Mr. Ginley made. But who knows, really.

Anyhow, you get the idea.

Obviously, I need to up my game and do a better job of note taking. I suppose I could jot stuff down in a little notebook. We certainly have plenty of those around.

But the thing is, would I be able to read my sloppy handwriting?

Photo credit: Oxfordian Kissuth, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons