A senior moment?

Let me take you back to yesterday.  After my disaster with a coke can I settled down to enjoy Jean's chilli. I am visiting family later this week and am planning a sewing retreat (well - technically Dad is having his rearranged surgery so I am going down to visit / help out / look after the dog - but what's a girl to do in-between?) so intended to spend some time last night cutting out fabric and gathering supplies for the Christmas projects that I would take with me.  Cue the phone:-

"Hi Lynda, Its Chris here - should you be somewhere?"

"Err - no - why?"

"Its 6:55pm and you are on hospitality duty - you should have been here at 6:45pm"

Oops - once a month I volunteer to sell ice-creams and sweets at the local theatre and clearly last night I should have been there - it was on my phone but I had completely forgotten about it!  Suffice it to say that I had to quickly get ready and go out.  In itself that would not have been too bad but they have a "uniform" for their volunteers and want a particular colour scheme - suffice to say my top was in the washing - the washing had finished but it was still wet!! Cue the iron to try and dry it off!  It can only happen to me.



This morning I fared much better.  After cutting out some of the supplies whilst watching my 8am sewing programme, I headed off to church - not my church but one which was having a confirmation service for the area.  Whilst several of my congregation were being confirmed I had also been invited to go by the gardeners wife - Janet.  Janet didn't tell him that I was invited and when he saw me he came over , gave me a hug and told me that he was so touched I was there that he had tears in his eyes. Ian is not your usual C of E member and he suffers from anxieties in a crowd - he clearly did not look comfortable in the long service but I was moved that support from others meant so much to him.  Unbeknown to him nearly half of his usual congregation turned out for him - but they came in near to the start of the service so he would not have seen them until the end.

This afternoon it was more mundane activities - such as mowing the lawn before the rain comes as forecast, tidying some more of the bedroom and putting kitchen items back in place - before settling down and sorting out some more sewing supplies.  I always find that I take down too much to do but I would really kick myself if I finished everything and was twiddling my thumbs.  My aim is to make and complete presents for 5 people (plus a couple of spare projects just in case) - wish me luck!  Whilst I was moving things back into the kitchen I cleaned up my favourite clock, put a new battery in and hang it up - nothing - nada - so I tried a second battery - nothing again!  When I get back I will try to see if I can take it apart and put a new movement in - how hard can that be?