So does anyone else have these moments? Besides blonds, I mean. Or maybe it's just lack of pigment in the hair follicles that create vacuous voids somewhere deep in the brain..where focus becomes critical. Every so often it becomes very apparent that I either should have been born platinum, or, that day is coming soon. All the signs point in that direction. Just read my posts and you will see....
This week was particularly flakey. There were moments of lost notes, misplaced files, impulsive thoughts and behaviors, and well, just about everything in between..with it all coming to a....well, you know what I mean....on Friday.
I think I try to take on too much. Let me do it! I can help! The only problem is I am saying that to everybody, and I have a problem with underestimating how long it takes to get stuff done.
Monday was a lost day because I underestimated how long it would take to write and submit a grant. Tuesday was a lost day because it was a day off..and well, there was shopping. I should have been shopping for food, but I played and then shopped, but not for food. Wednesday was really like Monday, except it was Wednesday. I made the novice mistake, in my hurry, and used a cached email address that did not work to send an all staff email. No one arrived at my Technology Class in the afternoon, because nobody remembered to come, becasue my email has still not been delivered.
Thursday....only two days left in the work week...with a day jam packed with appointments and communication, followed by a workshop in the afternoon that did not go according to plan. Technology happens. That could be a blog in itself. Vista, administrative rights, xp, projectors, wireless connectivity....you get the point.
And then there was the traffic...it finally happened..an accident snarling commuter traffic over the infamous General Sullivan Bridge. Needing to get to my hair appointment an hour early, because I cannot say no, I found myself making wrong turn after wrong turn in an idiotic attempt to get across Great Bay without going over the bridge. Blonds must be impatient, too. What was I thinking? If only I had had a boat. I made it to Greenland at the originally appointed time....not a minute sooner, an hour and a half after sitting in traffic. So from there I decided to go to the mall instead of the grocery store....impulsive decision that only earned me more blond points.
So then Friday dawned, and I started my day with an adventure at Staples trying to pick up a chair I paid to have assembled. They couldn't find it. They brought me the floor model and decided to give me credit. Which they couldn't figure out how to do because I used my Staples Rewards Certificate. But I helped them....this was not a blond moment..do I earn credit for that? But then I ran out of working hours. I arrived at work to find my laptop keyboard had a mind of its own...I somehow failed to save my school board report, I forgot my lunch...but then realized I didn't forget my lunch..I just forgot I brought my lunch. And so the that is how the day started. Before I knew it, it was afternoon. I still had to get to a grocery store..procrastination is a terrible thing, and figure out how to make a spinach dip and get to my party place on time, which was early, because I said I would.
Shopping....I quickly grabbed what I needed, but had the feeling I was forgetting something. Drove to Mom's house all the while thinking..I am so unprepared..I brought nothing! I brought a pan and a spatula and a sponge in a box. How is this going to work? I pulled in the driveway and opened the passenger door. CRASH! The Barefoot Chardonnay exploded onto the driveway, still in the bag. In the house, up the stairs, to the stove, chopping the onions and green peppers, melting butter and Velveeta..ready for the main ingredient...CRAP! I forgot the spinach! Quick, think...Janetto's has frozen spinach! Back down the stairs, in the truck (I did turn off the oven before I left) to the store and back and now I know I will not be early. I am afraid to look in a mirror..because I am feeling blonder by the minute.
I finally manage to get everything made, cleaned up and packed and arrive at the party..not too early I can tell you that. As I hauled in the goods, and unpacked the party supplies, my friend asked, "Did you get plates?"
"Plates? Did I say I was getting plates? I didn't get plates? I can get plates! Janetto's has plates! I'll be back!" The ladies at Janetto's know me by now...
So that' show it went...and I'm afraid I am losing whatever brain cells I have left. I am surprised I can remember my own name or where I live. This year was supposed to be simpler..I was going to simplify my life. I'm not exactly sure how to do that....So for now,I will try to do a better job managing my time...and making lists. I just need to remember where I put the lists and when I find them, remember why they are important so I don't thow them away.
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