What Day Is It - Extreme Edition
So here I am, in mild panic-mode, because Zarah and the kids left on Saturday and I only have three days to do all the laundry, finish my 40% assignment for my course and pack before leaving for New York on Wednesday - in addition to provisioning my baseball-preoccupied menfolk and making sure Eve has rides to and from drama camp and my Mom will help her with a costume for Friday if necessary. And my father-in-law showed up tonight for a spur-of-the-moment visit from Thunder Bay to see Angus's team play in Provincials.
So I'm making curried chicken, way too late because I decided to work out as well as getting groceries and by the time I put away the groceries and unloaded the dishwasher it was too late for regular supper. The chicken smells a bit weird. I can't decide if it's off or just needs a rinse and will be fine with lime juice and curry powder in the mix. I look at the date on the package. It seems like we're a couple of days before the best before date, but then I start to get confused, because how can I be leaving on July 25th and coming back on August 5th and only be there for four nights? So now I'm thinking the chicken is WAY past its best-by date, and I'm also feeling deeply disoriented about where in July we actually are. So I ask my father-in-law and the kids what date it is and get three different answers. I look at the calendar, but that doesn't help because I know what DAY it is, just not what WEEK. I look at the phone.
I realize I'm not actually leaving for New York until a week from Wednesday.
I feel like a total and complete jackass.
I'm also giddy with the unlooked-for joys of SEVEN WHOLE EXTRA DAYS.
Then I go back to feeling like a jackass.
I call my Mom to confess my jackassery. She says "so it's after the long weekend?". I say "no, it's ON the long week-end". She says "Well that's this week-end!". I start to see where I might get this from.
My husband was also totally on board with me leaving this Wednesday, even though he booked my flights for me.
It's not really working. Still feeling really dumb.
Oh well. My assignment's done early, and I didn't actually iron anything. So it's all good.
Wait - BlogHer isn't actually until next week-end, right?
So I'm making curried chicken, way too late because I decided to work out as well as getting groceries and by the time I put away the groceries and unloaded the dishwasher it was too late for regular supper. The chicken smells a bit weird. I can't decide if it's off or just needs a rinse and will be fine with lime juice and curry powder in the mix. I look at the date on the package. It seems like we're a couple of days before the best before date, but then I start to get confused, because how can I be leaving on July 25th and coming back on August 5th and only be there for four nights? So now I'm thinking the chicken is WAY past its best-by date, and I'm also feeling deeply disoriented about where in July we actually are. So I ask my father-in-law and the kids what date it is and get three different answers. I look at the calendar, but that doesn't help because I know what DAY it is, just not what WEEK. I look at the phone.
I realize I'm not actually leaving for New York until a week from Wednesday.
I feel like a total and complete jackass.
I'm also giddy with the unlooked-for joys of SEVEN WHOLE EXTRA DAYS.
Then I go back to feeling like a jackass.
I call my Mom to confess my jackassery. She says "so it's after the long weekend?". I say "no, it's ON the long week-end". She says "Well that's this week-end!". I start to see where I might get this from.
My husband was also totally on board with me leaving this Wednesday, even though he booked my flights for me.
It's not really working. Still feeling really dumb.
Oh well. My assignment's done early, and I didn't actually iron anything. So it's all good.
Wait - BlogHer isn't actually until next week-end, right?
Comments
Dude. I know the feeling. And reading over your past eleventy posts, it sounds like there's been enough going on to justify a little confusion.
Funny how your Mom is also confused about the dates/days of the week--you come by it honestly!