Ahhhhh.....!

I have dreaded this week.  So much going on--including the HCARS Christmas dinner--I was afraid I would forget something.  (I did.  Failed to have the club secretary send out a mass emailing about the dinner, so one of my best friends didn't know about it and had to miss it.  Ugh!)  I had made plans for the dinner sufficiently late that I wasn't sure if everything was adequately covered, but it was.  The folks at the restaurant where we dined took very good care of us.  I came home delightfully full!

The best part about the dinner was that it was my swan song as president of the club.  I've done it for three years and enjoyed the majority of it, but there is enough going on in my life that it was time to let someone else take over. 

This morning, however, didn't go well.  Let's see...I was up at 4:30.  Plenty of time to get things done, yes?  I was dressed and had my hair done and most of my face on when I decided to help get the children dressed to go to school/day care.  When everyone launched, I got my school papers together and my lunch, locked the house, and left.  A block down the road, I realized that I didn't have my purse, my school/house keys, or my glasses.  I turned back, hoping that the front door hadn't latched.  It had.  The back door was deadbolted.  All of my spare keys were in my purse...in the locked house.  The neighbor has a key, but it, too, was in my house after the last time I locked myself out.  I couldn't get in via the garage door because I had the garage door opener switch turned off because it is connected to the outside Christmas light.  In a word, I was screwed.  Drove to school and emailed Meg, begging for her to find a way to come home over lunch or something, to unlock the door.  It took all of her lunchtime, and then some....but she did, which saved me.  Thanks, Meg!  She even got home early enough this evening that I wasn't late to the dinner. 

I have at least three other meetings this week, so time is pressing.  I'll try to write more tomorrow.  Right now, my bedmate (who is 5) is still up.  Time to beat her!