Man Made Floods - Senior Moment # 99889

Most mornings I fill my coffee cup (or should I call it my tea cup) to make tea and put it in the microwave. I get the teabag ready then sort my dirty dishes and fill the sink with hot water, soap and the dishes.

If my timing is right I get my hot water hot and immerse the tea bag and bob it for a few seconds add the sugar or substitute and then turn the water off since the sink is half full.

This morning I went into the living room and turned in the computer and TV.

I took a couple of sips burning my mouth as usual (I do not know why I can not remember to shorten the heat time by 10 seconds but I never do) and felt like I had forgotten something.

I learned a long time ago to make a tour of the rooms looking for something out of place.

I always move from front to back which means the kitchen is last. I noticed I left the radio and fan on in the bathroom so I turned them off.

When I got to the kitchen the suds had reached the faucet – about six inches above the top of the sink. I turned the water off and moved the subs aside – I had come ¼ inch from flooding the sink cabinet and probably the floor and the room underneath.

That’s a first in all my years but makes me worry about other stupid things yet to come.