Yesterday I was turning into a small neighborhood street. A truck was coming but I thought that would be OK. Then the truck moved left to make a wide right turn and there was no longer room so I edged right. Right into a pole on the corner. This is the story I tell myself to make it seem as though I was not being hasty. It's totally working.
Another mistake I made recently was in selling the van. I'm pretty good at keeping paperwork so imagine my surprise when I couldn't find the title 10 minutes before meeting up with someone who drove 45 minutes. I was so embarrassed and upset to have wasted their time. Then I was conveniently able to transfer my upset when I found the title application from the dealer. One application showed the sale price. Another application showed 0 tax owed. I thought they had collected tax from me and not paid it and now I was on the hook to pay it again or say I had gotten the car for free and therefore owed no tax. It turns out that they did pay the tax and that the title was held electronically. I just needed to pay $10 to print it.
Last night I looked at the calendar and thought that the cleaner was coming Thursday at 2:30. So with dread I activated the emergency family cleaning system. We let the kids stay up until 10:30 helping to pick up all the this and that clutter. Then, I realized that it is Friday they will come. PHEW! And now the house is mostly clean. Like, I would be very OK with a stranger coming in to clean it at this point. I'm grateful for this tender mercy.
G has so many events and practices. M has so many events and practices. lP has events. B and L have events. It is wonderful and amazing that their events conflict so little. Each time I hear of a new major event, I put it on the calendar and feel gratitude that it is on a day that doesn't conflict with 20 other activities in the next 2 months.
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