I think maybe I have finally undertaken more responsibilities than I can manage. For the first time in five years, I forgot a YouthFriends event, and stood up my poor little fourth grade friend. I feel lousy about it, and my excuses feel weak, even though they're legitimate.
Last Friday, my genius fourteen-month-old nephew completely killed my cell phone. I was playing with him, and showed him a picture of himself on the phone; he was intrigued, and held the phone and toddled into the kitchen. I walked in the kitchen (less than five minutes having passed) and the phone was off; when I turned it on, it was set for April 1, 2004. And everything was gone-- no chequebook, no calendar, no task list, no contacts, no past calls, nothing. Period. Even all my pics of the adorable baby were gone.
Needless to say I was quite dismayed, and his mother was quite apologetic-- she wanted to pay for a new phone, but really, the stupid thing was on its last leg, anyway, because the day before the battery had failed to hold a charge. Still, it was frustrating.
So now, I have a new phone, but I didn't get it until Wednesday, the day of the YouthFriend bowling party, and so I didn't have the even on my schedule. I got some stuff done that morning, and thought-- hey, why don't I make that nursing home visit I need to make? So I did, and totally stood up my little friend.
To make things sort of right, I took him McDonalds yesterday, and apologized profusely; but still I feel bad.
Today my PTA president/friend called to make sure I was going to the luncheon we had agreed to do, and of course I don't have it on the new calendar. I'm slippin' and somehow I've got to catch up. And I've misplaced my worship calendar, haven't submitted my monthly stats, and can't find the video tape I borrowed. Nice start to March!

Wednesday Frustrations

Today I finally got the cell phone I ordered last week. I am finally really back on line! Yeaaaa! I never realized how dependent I have become on cell phone technology and text messaging,until I couldn't do it. It was kind of like having a missing appendage. Weird, huh. And the company I finally bought it from was pretty nice-- but I didn't realize until I bought it that if you don't give feedback when you buy something, you get a "0" rating and some sellers won't sell to you. I could have gotten a cheaper phone if I had not had a "0" rating.
The other lesson I learned is that I don't EVER want to bid on the wrong item again. That has been the biggest pain. It appears that if you bid within the last 12 hours, or even close to that mark, then you can't retract your bid, no matter what. Doesn't even matter whether you can't reach the seller. So when I finally reached the seller the next day, after I had won an item I didn't want (a phone usable only for parts-- which was why it was soooo cheap) the seller said I could just pay $5 for his advertising costs and we'd be settled up.
Nooooo, it was not that easy.
I keep getting payment reminders from Ebay, and the seller has even sent me something saying the item was shipped (which it better not be.) The seller acts put out when I question why I keep getting these things. I will never buy from this particular seller/company (cellularliquidation) again, or recommend it very highly either.
On other fronts, my 7-year-old is "sick," which means he has improved each hour of the day that brings him closer to when school is dismissed and his buddies come home to play. It is pretty annoying. I guess I should have made him go to school even though he felt crummy this a.m. Once I gave him Mucinex, he's just fine. And hyper. And he keeps setting booby-traps all around the house, to catch intruders, which of course, we don't have. The dog is freaking out, and the cats have abandoned the house. When is this day over? I suppose it would be cruel to take some cold medicine that makes me sleep, or him, for that matter. Going crazy here...