The true definition of Sometimers is "sporadic memory loss and brain flatulence". The Real Estate business is so detailed and crossing every T and dotting every i is critical for each and every deal. I do a pretty darned good job of keeping everything straight for my business. I wonder if it's possible to think too much about the business? Like maybe the brain gets too full? Or maybe multi-tasking capabilities are lost once we hit a certain age? 
If you see yourself in any of these symptoms you may be showing signs of Sometimers. 
Various symptoms of Sometimers.
You pick up the phone to call a client. As the phone rings you go to another thought. The client answers. You then begin to grapple with the question: "who did I just call?" Sometimes it comes to you and sometimes it doesn't!
If you wear glasses for reading you are very susceptible to Sometimers. Multiple symptoms can be found concerning reading glasses. You begin to look for them to read something. You had them a minute ago but now they're gone. You walk the house or the office looking for them. Where could you have put them? You look some more. You check your pockets, purse, desk, and every corner. Finally you take a bathroom break and as you are washing your hands you see them on your head. Sometimes. Other times you find them on your collar. Occasionally, you will find them where you thought you left them but you didn't see them because you didn't have your glasses.
You pick up your purse or wallet, files, something to drink and head to the car to meet with your customers. You get out to the car but....no keys. You fumble through your pockets, purse, files yet you find nothing. You run back into the office to look for them screaming, "help, I've lost my keys" to all that will listen. As you are putting down your armful of stuff you find your keys!! There they are! Hanging off your finger in the hand that is holding the drink! Sometimes you embarrass even yourself. 
Stress can exacerbate your symptoms. Often caused by House Showings. One of your main symptoms is recognizable by losing "the" key. You know, the one that belongs to the owners of the house you're showing? "Yikes!" You had it in your hand but now it's gone. It could be anywhere. Sometimes you find it. Sometimes you don't. Try checking the door.
You find that remembering names isn't as easy as it use to be. You just shook her hand and you begin to tell her something and "poof" it's gone. Sometimes you just have to ask again.
You wrote down the potential sellers name on one of your own business cards. They want you to contact them for an appointment. You place the card in a "special place" so you won't forget where it is. Sometimes you forget the "special place".
You write out the check but forget to sign it!! Sometimes you actually forget!
At the end of a very hard day you stop at a grocery store to go in and get that item you were suppose to remember. And, if you could think of what it was it would be easier. Sometimes you do remember it but after you check out you just can't find the car.
I know there are others but I can't remember them right now...
What were we talking about?
and Proud of it! Deb
Brooks Prime Properties
Specializing in Lake Properties
Lake Livingston Texas
936-295-0005
As a former nurse I have always called it "partial-heimers" LOL I definitely have it!
Deb, it often amazes me how I can remember the details of a real estate closing from 19 years ago, or a sales call from 4 years ago, but I can go to my basement to start laundry and bring up a carton of juice from my second fridge and end up coming upstairs empty handed going hmm... I think I just forgot something. And that is just one tip of the iceberg.
Part of it is as we get older and part of it is, heck, we are just so darn busy:-)
Matt, CRAFT moments are now in my vocabulary. How funny. As long as I don't forget!
Vanessa, Are you going to let Melissa get away with that? Or, have you forgotten about it? So far I've learned that you use to waitress and you were a nurse. Could there be a story there? :-)
Melissa, You didn't admit to anything! Is is just us old timers that have sometimers?
Christina, Sometimey? Smiley once in a whiley? This could work. You're way too young to worry with such.
Jason, I'm so glad to hear this happens to other people!! The phone thing really bothers me. You would think I could keep my mind on one thing for 30 seconds but No.
Adam, It's a good thing we all blog. We can later go back and read about ourselves!
So Trey, that's where I'm getting it? Viruses, worms and sometimers.
Rebecca, Thank you! A story from you about the same thing I'm sure I've done really helps the confidence level!
Kathy, I, on a great occasion, find a tich of that itis myself. I like to think I just wasn't listening in the first place! That works for me now.
Debra...Fortunately I only have eight (8 in case you've forgotten what that word means) of your symptoms. Now how many were there???
Many happy thoughts to you,
Kathleen
P.S. Thank you for reminding me that I'm losing it!
I have been diagnosed with sometimers and a lot of CRS too. It is a bad combination. I forget who I am calling all of the time. It is a sign of stress and business overload. The plus side is that we are busy enough to have sometimers.
Deb, this is great. I completely, wholeheartedly, 1000%, have experienced every single dingle one on your list. Very, very clever!! Enjoyed it alot...........;-)
Now where was I?
OH DEB...once again you have me laughing so hard my side hurts. The very sad truth is, I was reading about ME!!!
Oh and by the way, CRAFT up here and in Deep South Miss is also know as CRS (Can't Remember S%$#!).
I love you new pic also.....not that the other one was bad.
Audrey June! I was going to ask what CRS was but Kathy came along and explained it! CRS works for me too. Yes, I would like to think it's just stress...
Judi, good luck with that man!! If my husband has this problem I haven't noticed or I forget. Deb
Teri, I'm so sorry. Although I wondered if anyone else out there was experiencing this! It's just not fun!
Kathy, I'm glad you can laugh about it. I try. I wish I could say I was making those things up...but no.
Hang in there girlfriends!
I've found my glasses on top of my head so many times, you'd think it would be the first place I look instead of the last.
You ever notice you always find things in the last place you look?
Like you'd keep looking after you found it!
I've got so much stuff put up in my special places. I'd be rich if I could just remember where those special places are!
Deb,
This is so true it hurts! I find myself standing in front of the fridge wondering why I opened the door. LOL
Mike in Tucson
Deb, I have every one of those symptoms except one....... I just can't remember which one! LOL!
Ginger
Ginger, should we be worried about this? I wrote this on a whim but all these things do happen! Rhonda said she forgets where she's going in the car! Now, that would never happen to me! ssshhh.....
Thanks Audrey. Are you saying none of these things happen to you?? Must be nice. Deb
Mike, I don't think you have anything to worry about. I stood at the fridge when I was 20. Let me know if it gets worse. Deb
Rhonda, You I am worried about. You sound as bad off as me! As long as you don't forget how to drive the car!!!! Take care. Deb
Debra you are in class with many of us. Please don't tell anyone. You almost made me forget what I dropped by for. Oh, now I remember...
Congratulations on your efforts and peer acknowledgement in the recent 'Blast from the Past' contest. I knew you could do it.
Debra. SO TRUE. I do have sometimers. I have called someone, only to wonder who I was calling.
Don
Ok Melissa- them is fightin' words...meet me out by the barn after....
Wha..huh?!! ummmm. Hmm, was I mad at someone? Oh well, must not be important~
Rita, 1978 huh? I'll bet it was a good year! That's a brain fart to laugh about!!! Thanks I needed that! I feel like we're sisters! Deb
Dionne, you didn't admit to any of these signs...why? Are you really that together? Well, I guess you would have to be since I'm voting you in for a Political slot. What do you want to be? President?
BLR, it does doesn't it? Or, maybe it's always there but I just don't recognize it? whew. how draining
Don, I began to think I was going crazy! Dial a number and then not have a clue who I'm calling???
Vanessa, you are so cute. Thanks for the giggle.
Thank you Michael. Fact is stranger than fiction.
Karen, who's Debra from Texas?
Hey Debra-
I followed Yvonne (see above) over to the post from SIF. Very funny stuff! Glad to meet another Texas waterfront gal. We are doing the Clear Lake/Galveston Bay waterfront recreation here, but my daughter and son-in-law lived in Livingston & loved it!
Kathy
Yvonne, I've just met Lisa! I told her I wanted to join her sipping on exotic drinks and floating on her yacht! I'm so glad to meet a few new friends! .....i was going to tell you something...mommy is that you?
Oh Lisa, I have a friend that suffers from FM too. Are they ever going to figure that disease out? Are you okay? My best wishes. Deb
Kathy, Hello fellow Texan Waterfront gal! You're not in a bad spot yourself.
Gary, if I knew that I could get rich quick!! In fact, I think I did know that. I'm not sure...oh, well. What did you say your affliction is about?
HEY THIS IS A GREAT CONVERSATION! WE'RE TALKING ABOUT...WELL, JUST READ IT.
Debra... Thank you for the post...(you made my mission easy, little gem!) Now, that I've gotten over the trauma of puttin' down a few words (always a struggle for me), I can comment on your fabulous post...
Yes, I have been formally diagnosed with Sometimers...
I would love to share some of my "moments" with you but, I can't seem to recall any... Never mind...doesn't matter. So, like I was saying, ummm...who are you, again?
DEBRA, I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. I OBSESS ON THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE AND CAN'T GET DONE FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. SO I COULD DEFINITELY BE CLASSIFIED AS A "SOMETIMER" - I WAS PARTICULARLY AMUSED BY YOUR DESCRIPTION OF THE CLUMSINESS THAT SOMETIMES AFFLICTS US AS WE ARE OUT SHOWING PROPERTY. DROP THE GLASSES, LOSE THE KEYS, FORGET WHERE YOU SET DOWN THE KEYSAFE INSERT, SET THE OL' CLIPBOARD DOWN SOMEWHERE IN THE HOUSE AND CAN'T FIND IT - ETC. ETC. ETC. BEEN THERE DONE THAT - ALL YOU CAN DO IS LAUGH AT YOURSELF AND HOPE YOUR CLIENTS DON'T THINK YOU ARE A COMPLETE BLITHERING IDIOT!
Oh thank God we can all smile about this! Just think (if you will) that one day we will all be smiling and not have a bloody clue what we're smiling about!!!
Lisa, I'm so proud to be your Gem! Thank you so much for that and the strange pic! Later babe! Deb
Sandra, whoa. Maybe we need to start a special affliction group?? Think anyone would join? If they did they would surely forget why they're there! You're a joy. Later in the rain, Deb
Juliet, that is such a romantic name. You lucky girl. You sound like you could join our group!
Julie, and you my dear are a doll. You are wwwwaaaaayyyy tooo young for sometimers. Don't worry though so am I. One day a person asked my age at the spa....I couldn't remember! True. Deb
Debra,
And here I was, all this time thinking I WAS LOSING IT !!!!!! I feel so much better now....Thank you!!!!
I can go on with my "Sometimers" now...
I was gonna write something else but my phone rang and I forgot!!!!!! LOL
Great POST
Thanks Yoana,
I live with it that's for sure! You are not alone. We all have our "moments". Later in the rain, Deb
Charity, That problem sure is going around! Don't feel like you're alone by any means. :-)
Hi Marti, Don't you hate when that happens? I think the human brain seems to kick out extra data that seems insignificant to it. I know mine does. I can tell you the price and square footage of every house in our inventory but one day a lady at the workout spa asked me my age. I went blank. Age? I remembered the year I was born (thank heaven) but I couldn't believe how old I was!!!!
We learn something new everyday! Later in the rain~Deb
Thanks Diane, Unfortunately it's true. Sometimes I feel as if someone used my head as a balloon and filled it with helium. Go figure! Later in the rain~Deb
Georgina, That just means you were having a great time! I've learned that if I hold my clients hostage all day they usually end up signing something! Good Job.
Later in the rain~Deb
Debra,
Oh yeah...I got this...big time !