RugosaB--I know exactly what you are feeling. I am on a new insomnia medication now and it has completely wiped out my short-term memory and I'm not sure that is a fair trade for more sleep. Playing cards with my kids, as soon as I placed a card down on the table (face down), I could not remember what card I played!!! I will be thinking one word but say a similar/different word--I told my son to microwave his milk 45 minutes!!! I watched a tv show late yesterday afternoon and at bedtime I could not recall what I watched or one single detail at all from the program.
I watched some of the Eleanor Burns video linked above and had to keep sliding the back bar to rewatch so I could keep track of what I was watching! It is a challenge but we do what we have to do to keep our passion for quilting going. My design wall is downstairs and I do love the walk in between my sewing area and the wall because it is usually the best excercise I get. I only take one block at a time down so at least I don't feel guilty for sitting and sewing so long.