(NOTE: this is a series of posts where I reflect on my 2009. See others here.)
FEBRUARY
Much of my February 2009 was spent planning a trip. Not just any trip. A girl’s weekend. Something I had not had since before I got married and had kids. (READ: waaaaaayyyy overdue). There was so much planning to do:
Where to go? Warm weather spot or cold weather spot?
A quiet retreat or a drunk-fest party spot?
East Coast or West Coast? US or international?
Planning planning planning. I spent night and day checking out articles, surfing the websites of various resorts/hotels/cities. I REPEATEDLY did searches for airline tickets and/or hotels looking at the last weekend in March. We flip flopped between going skiing and going to the Caribbean. We ultimately decided on the Caribbean. We live in different cities, so there was the coordination of flights, layovers, etc. Then there was the loooonnnnggg process of choosing a spot. Texts were exchanged, emails traded, late night phone calls all giddy with excitement. We chose a spot. We talked through a budget. We were ready to book!
The next morning, while driving to the store, I slammed on my brakes!!! WAIT.JUST.ONE.MINUTE. I have been planning this for 3 weeks. I typed in the dates at least 200 times. The Sunday of our trip? My son’s FIRST BIRTHDAY.
Major parent FAIL.
We DID manage to change the weekend, which turned out to be crazier than I ever imagined. THAT post comes soon.
See how fun it is to read about my reflections? No, oh well. I’ll try again tomorrow.
I might have also ranted about this here:
Tags: 2009, parenting FAIL, reflections
GAH! It is easily most my nutty, embarrassing parenting moment of 2009. Easily. I could NOT believe that I could type in that date hundreds of times and it never occur to me that I would be gone for his birthday. Sad, but true. Thanks for justifying my stupidity in some small way. And thanks for stopping by!
Oh, wow! Can you believe how easy it is to look at something over and over again and suddenly realize it is a special day?
Parenting fail? Great line. I use it far too often in my daily life.
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