I Need a Scheduling Professional

Good God, I am a moron.

For the past few weeks, my mind has been occupied by wedding stuff. I know a lot of folks getting married, so I've had an internal calendar of ceremonies, showers, bachelor parties, annullment proceedings, etc. Well, one of the dates I had memorized was tomorrow, October 13th. On that date, I knew that I had to be out in Abilene to attend my stepsister's wedding. This is no small event. Not only is it the wedding of a family member, but it's 200+ miles away. With this in mind, I went out to buy them a gift last night, I printed directions, I asked my boss if I could leave early tomorrow, and I've pestered Laura with questions to ensure that she'll be home early so we may leave at a decent time. I am ready to attend this wedding.

I sent an innocent email to my dad yesterday, mentioning all of the wedding stuff this weekend. He responded today, "Isn't the wedding next weekend?" "Nope, it's tomorrow," I said with great certainty. I had the invitation at home, after all. And while I hadn't actually read the invitation, Laura probably had, and she would've corrected me at some point if I were mistaken. That hadn't occurred, though; the wedding had to be this week. If it weren't, why had I been comparing bagless vacuum cleaners last night at 10 PM?

At 10 AM this morning, I still felt pretty confident in the date, but I decided to confirm with my mom. My dad asked, I may as well confirm to humor him. I believe my mom has her Outlook rigged so that whenever a message comes in that contains the word "wedding", it sounds a foghorn. I say this because immediately after I asked her, I got my response. The response, which should surprise no one, is that I had the dates mixed up. Had it not been for that seemingly inconsequential email where I mentioned my weekend plans and the chain that followed, then at 3 PM tomorrow, I would've packed up the car and driven 200 miles to the wedding. Then I'd have to drive right back home and, seven days later when the wedding actually occurred, go back to Abilene.

Unfortunately for all of you, this story goes nowhere. Unfortunately for me, I still have to drive to Abilene.

Posted by Cody at October 12, 2006 9:17 PM