Update

Today for Easter my wife and I went out for Sunday Brunch. The restaurant was very crowded but that was expected. We finally were seated after about 25 minutes which wasn't too bad. I immediately made a bee line for the omelet station. While in line, someone behind me said "Captain?...Captain(last name Omitted), it's me." Figuring that I was the only Captain (last name omitted) in that omelet line, I turned around and saw an officer from my shift with whom I had worked for many years. But for the life of me I couldn't remember his name. We spoke a bit about the job but his name still didn't come to me. He left and I could tell that he knew I didn't know his name. This bothered me... a lot. So I set out to find him and explain that my hydrocephalus is playing havoc with my memory. I found him and all at once it all came back to me...I knew his name, I knew he was one of my favorite officers because he would work a lot of overtime and was level headed, I also knew that he wouldn't work on his off days. That was family time.I was so relieved.I explained to him what was going on with me. He understood and was concerned. I told him that it's a correctable condition and I was seeing the neurosurgeon this week. I'm so glad that I was able to find him again. I didn't want him to think that I was so arrogant that I didn't value his contrbutions. He made my job as Watch Commander much easier. He deserved to know that he was appreciated.It seems the memories are still there but they come out in their own time. Most of the time it's not a problem.  I don't know if this is related to my NPH, but earlier this week I had to retrieve a document from my locked file cabinet. When I got to the cabinet I took out my key ring. The key to the file cabinet is on the same one as my car keys. I have an electronic clicker for my car on that ring. When I sat in front of the cabinet, I pointed the clicker at it and hit the unlock key. I waited for a second and was annoyed when the cabinet didn't open. Then I realized that I was trying to open the cabinet with my car clicker. That was a little embarassing. My wife thinks that it is just muscle memory. Whenever I pull that key ring out, the first thing I do is unlock the car with clicker. She's probably right...but I'm glad that no one else saw me do it.Other than that, I'm doing OK. I hope everyone had a Happy Easter, or Passover, or whatever their spring celebration is.Be well,Tom