Ghost in the Machine

Today was a crowded, jumbled day due to a very strange occurence arising out of some uncharacteristically glitchy thinking/planning on my part.

Not only did I schedule a small group session for today – which is a day I am always off from school – but I also made plans with my husband to visit daycares, have lunch and hang out with my friend Becky, and take in the car for an oil change.

Now, maybe the oil change and the daycares could have been coupled together, and the lunch fit in just fine. But there was no way I could be at school and at home - and so I had to apologize profusely to the woman overseeing the small group at school. Luckily, she has an infant, so I think she understands parenting brain farts - or at least the busy-ness that can accompany attempts to work and raise a toddler.

Anyway... I forgot to take the car in—which I did not realize until 5:30pm this evening. And... we only saw one daycare because Ari had a potty accident at the very first one and mommy (aka, me) had very stupidly taken out of all of her emergency clothing thinking she was beyond accidents. Thus, she had no pants, no socks, no shoes, no underwear, etc. to change into. The daycare (which we did not like) let us borrow some pants, and we came home feeling stupid and embarassed (or maybe that was just me).

Lunch worked, and we also got to visit Papa Gallo... and we got our plumber in to almost-finish our downstairs bathroom sink. So not an entirely busted day... but definitely one that left me feeling pretty foolish and also wondering if I might need to make better use of my day-planner/calendar. Sheesh.