The Whisler Life

So I thought it was just Heather (my sister) being Heather when she told me that later in her first pregnancy she got really scatterbrained and would do things like put the milk away in the cupboard, or put the cereal box in the fridge.  Turns out it could either be heredity or it could be a consequence of the hormone-rich brain, but I fell victim to a similar and equally embarrassing moment.  As I was preparing to brush my teeth before bedtime last night, I grabbed my toothbrush and then grabbed the toothpaste… only it wasn’t toothpaste.  I flipped the rocker lid and applied the clear gelatinous aloe vera to my toothbrush, pressed the lid closed and put it back in the cupboard.  As I put the brush to my mouth, I realized that the familiar minty smell of toothpaste was absent.  I glanced at the brush as it approached my mouth and became instantly hysterical when I realized what I had done.  Patrick just looked at me and shook his head in amused disbelief.  I guess Heather’s not the only one.