Forgetting

Lately, I’ll be speaking with someone having a full conversation and or interaction.  But when I walk away and get to wherever it is I was going, I cannot remember what had just transpired.  I typically remember the points of these conversations, but I cannot remember exactly what I said or the feelings I was feeling while conversing.  Is this normal?

For instance, I walked over to my manager today to ask if it would be okay if a colleague and I could switch our work hours.  She said yes.  Some conversation filler was in there.  I said thank you, and I walked back to my desk.  As soon as I sat down, I couldn’t remember what exactly was said — did I mumble, or did I call her by a different name? 

Do we typically remember these details?  I feel like as of lately, I forget these details — like there’s a mental block not letting me even probe my brain.  I don’t quite think I’ve encountered this before, especially not as frequest as the last few weeks.  Maybe I’m just getting old. 

But perhaps this is just normal as you age, and it’s just my brain forgetting the irrelevant details in order to capture the underlining goals, facts, and transactions.  When I was younger, I’d forget to do common tasks and chores — I’d forget to burn a cd for my father, or I’d forget to take out the trash, or I’d forget what I was suppose to do for homework. 

Perhaps, indeed, it’s just my brain maturing and or aging.