So, woke up at 6:20 as always. Was showered and pretty much ready to walk out the door by 6:45. At 6:50 I headed downstairs in search of my keys. Typically I have my keys, wallet, phone, and ipod all next to each other on my dresser in my room. Sometimes, however, I leave my keys downstairs in the kitchen. After searching for a good 5 minutes both downstairs and back up in my room I was losing hope. Then I realized where they most likely where, and it was not good.
Yesterday I went to the gym. My two sisters were taking a class early enough that I wouldn't make it in time to go with them and would have to drive separate. My dad was in the same boat, but he was staying after for a class at 7 with the girls. It made the most sense for me to drive my dad, and then he would ride home with my sisters after the late class. When my mom found out she could go without having to stay (aka me as a ride home) she decided to come. She does not feel comfortable with any of her kids driving her and so I was no longer driving. My dad would drive his car and my mom would drive it back. It turns out, my keys, which I had with me as I had planned to drive, but no longer needed, ended up falling out of my pocket in my dad's car.
Flash back to this morning and now its 7 am, my train is at 7:22 and my keys are 45 minutes from home. My keys, by the way, are the only spare set to begin with because my original set was stolen a few years ago. Now my only option is to quickly find my sister's spare keys and borrow her car for the day. I make it out to the car by 5 after and have the slight possibility to make my train. Wrong! I need 4 quarters to pay for parking in the lot and the roll of quarters I so intelligently purchased to ensure I'd always have change, is locked in my car. So it's back inside again to get change. I finally make it to the train station at 7:22. And I watch my train pull away as I am parking. I decide to hang out in my car, cheer myself up with the radio show I like to listen to and wait for the next train. There is nothing I can do, despite the incredible inconvenience this morning continues to be.
I realize at this point that I never got confirmation from Christy about whether or not she was bringing in treats for Kathleen's last day. Oh. My. God. Kathleen's last day. I bought her the present we were giving to her as a thanks. Guess where it is sitting. My car. Locked back at home. I sat there for probably 5 minutes in total disbelief. We have a staff meeting at 9:30 which I have to be at, but I also have to have this gift because we are presenting it to her today, because it's her last day. I finally decide that I have to call my dad and ask him to drive back from work and meet me at home with my keys.
Completely stunned at how things have just gone from bad to worse, at 745, watching the next train approaching the station, I leave the parking lot to head back home. When I reach my house my mom is downstairs. She hands me a spare key to my car. Turns out she found one after I left and was planning on telling me when I got home. Unfortunately I never told her about my plan to come home and so my dad is still driving home from work, for nothing. We quickly get him on the phone and only save him about 5 minutes because he was just about there. Now, its after 8, I am still in my house, I just asked my dad to leave work and drive home for, ultimately, nothing and I have 90 minutes to be at work and in the meeting.
I head to work and realize, about 20 minutes in that I forgot to do something very important the day before. I get a 10% discount as well as can pay out of pre-tax money on my monthly train pass if I purchase it through my school by the 4th monday, 2 months in advance. Yesterday was that 4th monday, and I didn't remember. This is quickly followed, finally, by a return text from Christy. She has no idea what I am talking about in regards to bringing in treats and cannot get them anyway because she will be late for the meeting as is. I now have to get my boss on the phone and ask her to pick something up.
I finally get into work and get to my office to see Heather, another grad student, walking towards me with a cake knife. Light-Bulb. Heather, not Christy, was the person who was bringing something in. This is why Christy was clueless and wasn't planning on bringing anything in. I quickly now have to get my boss back on the phone before she wastes money on treats we don't need. Luckily, I catch her as she is parking at the bakery and things work out.
Somehow all of this occurred before 9:30 in the morning on, already, my least favorite day of the week. Sheesh. This was definitely a day where I just wanted to give up, stay home, and start over tomorrow. Unfortunately, this is the one day of the week I have to be in due to my meeting, and of all of my regular mandatory meetings on tuesdays, this one was even more so due to the special occasion.
Oh yeah, and at the end of the day I was told that I forgot someone's birthday. Great!
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