It's like your brain just checks out for a second. I once spent twenty minutes looking for my glasses while I was wearing them. The panic is real, isn't it?
Oh man, I feel that. I once looked everywhere for my sunglasses while they were on top of my head. My own hair was hiding them from me, which is a special kind of stupid.
My friend once called me in a total panic because she lost her phone. She was describing the last place she saw it while I could hear her voice echoing weirdly. Turns out she was talking to me on it, using the speakerphone function while she searched.