30 in 30 - part 20
The last time I had to apologize to someone:
I'm a mom. I'm a career gal. Put those two together and you get one overcommitted chica. My long term memory is amazing, but my short term memory leaves much to be desired. Especially when it comes to making mental to-do lists. If I don't write it down, chances are, I'll forget to do it. And hell, even if I write it down, chances are I'll get too busy and forget to do it anyway.
Last week, I was visiting with Jason's mom. Her birthday was coming up. I said "Well, it's usually you who does all the planning, so why don't you let us put something together for your birthday?" She was totally cool with that. So, we made tentative plans to meet at a brewery to do some beer tasting, and have our favorite pizza delivered there. Awesome plans. Except when you forget to share them with your hubby and, oh by the way, you leave town for a couple days for work and you're flying back home on the date of previously mentioned plans.
So a phone call between Jason and me last Thursday afternoon went something like this:
Jason: "So, my mom was asking me last night if we were still on for Friday? Did we have plans?"
Me: (Oh shit. You didn't tell him anything about Friday, did you?) "Oh Shit. I forgot to have you call your brothers to make plans."
Jason: "Yeah, when I alluded that I didn't know anything about it, mom said not to worry about it."
Me: (Feeling like shit because not only have I let him down, I've let his mom down.) "Crap. I'm sorry, honey. Is it too late to make plans?"
As it turns out, his brothers didn't want to meet at the brewery. So, plans were made to go out for pizza and that was that.
Fast forward one day. I fly home and we're getting ready to pick the kids up from school, and I'm still trying to find a way to make this right. So, we went next door and made plans with Jason's dad - we took him to town with us and met up with Jason's mom for beer tasting BEFORE dinner. Fun was had by all, especially Jack & Rory who got their own cans of root beer!
Here's Rory and the birthday girl:
Beer tasting was super fun, pizza was great, and Jason's mom commented a few times throughout the weekend that she had a great birthday. Awesome!
Further proof that apologies and beer make everything better.
I'm a mom. I'm a career gal. Put those two together and you get one overcommitted chica. My long term memory is amazing, but my short term memory leaves much to be desired. Especially when it comes to making mental to-do lists. If I don't write it down, chances are, I'll forget to do it. And hell, even if I write it down, chances are I'll get too busy and forget to do it anyway.
Last week, I was visiting with Jason's mom. Her birthday was coming up. I said "Well, it's usually you who does all the planning, so why don't you let us put something together for your birthday?" She was totally cool with that. So, we made tentative plans to meet at a brewery to do some beer tasting, and have our favorite pizza delivered there. Awesome plans. Except when you forget to share them with your hubby and, oh by the way, you leave town for a couple days for work and you're flying back home on the date of previously mentioned plans.
So a phone call between Jason and me last Thursday afternoon went something like this:
Jason: "So, my mom was asking me last night if we were still on for Friday? Did we have plans?"
Me: (Oh shit. You didn't tell him anything about Friday, did you?) "Oh Shit. I forgot to have you call your brothers to make plans."
Jason: "Yeah, when I alluded that I didn't know anything about it, mom said not to worry about it."
Me: (Feeling like shit because not only have I let him down, I've let his mom down.) "Crap. I'm sorry, honey. Is it too late to make plans?"
As it turns out, his brothers didn't want to meet at the brewery. So, plans were made to go out for pizza and that was that.
Fast forward one day. I fly home and we're getting ready to pick the kids up from school, and I'm still trying to find a way to make this right. So, we went next door and made plans with Jason's dad - we took him to town with us and met up with Jason's mom for beer tasting BEFORE dinner. Fun was had by all, especially Jack & Rory who got their own cans of root beer!
Here's Rory and the birthday girl:
Beer tasting was super fun, pizza was great, and Jason's mom commented a few times throughout the weekend that she had a great birthday. Awesome!
Further proof that apologies and beer make everything better.