I had good intentions. First, I find NO paper in the house for the printer. Four people use the paper and printer and not one goober could wave the flag to tell me that they'd taken the last of it, so errand #1 was to get paper. Then my distractible self saw Cost Plus and I just KNEW there was something I intended to pick up there, but couldn't remember what so I wandered through the store, growing increasingly stressed at the sight of all of the Christmas goodies and the long mental list of things I need to do to get ready for Christmas, so I ran out with empty hands. Then there was the trip to the grocery store for specific items for a wonderful dinner. During the grocery trip, my husband called while on a break from stressful board meetings to say that he wants to go out for dinner tonight and reminded me that the daughter for whom I planned this particular dinner has grad school classes tonight. Duh. I should have remembered. Of course it's just as well since the majority of ingredients I needed were either unavailable or inedible. I ask myself, how can I live in CA and not be able to find a single avocado in the store that I can eat in the next two days? They're like rocks! Grrr. Oh, and I was reminded that yes, there ARE shirts to pick up at the cleaners. I feel like the maid.
Everyone is on notice. Tomorrow I will not answer the phone or check in on Facebook. I am plotting a couple of art projects that are just for the family, so there's no pressure to produce a marketable anything. I am going to take the great advice I've been offered in the last day and just make something, be creative and have fun. THEN I'll go to another store and try to find a stupid avocado.
