"Why did I tell you that story? How was it connected to what we were talking about? What were we talking about?"

I was confused about which peace rally was which in Walnut Creek, where Javier and I joined Mom, Kathy, and Sunny.  But now I see that the 2007 was the one after which Mom and I appeared in the Contra Costa Times the following day.  I'm not sure that she showed short-term memory loss that day, but she did a year later.  Here's my diary entry for that day.  (Keep in mind that this is the Just the Fact one.  It's a list, not an exploration!)  

Saturday, March 15, 2008  We took BART to Walnut Creek for the Peace Demonstration, where we met Mom and Kathy as planned.  Afterwards Javier treated us to lunch at Da Lac Vietnamese on Locust Street, Walnut Creek.  Funny conversation:  "Why did I tell you that story?  How was it connected to what we were talking about?  What were we talking about?  And what was the story I just told?”  

Did we think she was joking or just tired?  I see no indication that this worried me.  All I write afterwards is this:

 Back in SF we watched the last of “Blame It on Fidel” and all of “In the Valley of Elah.”