I can't find my pencil sharpener. I used to have an electric pencil sharpener, I am sure of that. I don't remember getting rid of it, and I don't even know the last time I used it, but I needed it today. Is this an adulting fail?
Maybe it is a different shape than you remember...?
No, it is pretty big, and black. I looked where it was the last time I remember using it, and that desk is all cleaned out, I need to get rid of it. Mysteries.
Thoughts and prayers....oh...no...wait.........
Good old kitchen knife?
I used my pocket knife and a nail file. I am one of the slightly inept people, so sharpening that way can be a gateway to Urgent Care... I did OK today though.
That's how my mom sharpened our pencils when we moved here from Italy. I also believe the knives in her hands constantly really helped me behave.
It happens to us all.
And, it not a matter of age. When I was in elementary school, I hid the valentines I wanted to pass out on Valentine's Day so that my sister could not filch some of them. But, I forget where I hid them until after Valentine's Day.