I open my eyes and peek at my phone to look at the time. OMG!! It’s 6:50 I yell to my husband as I jump out of bed freaking out that I have to be out of the house at 7:15 to go to work. I run to the bathroom kicking myself for not having remembered to set my alarm. I look in the mirror at my disheveled hair thinking about how I’m going to tame it and get ready in less than 15 minutes. I rush to grab my phone so I can text my bff/coworker to vent to her that I woke up late. I start typing a message to her and I notice a text that she sent late in the evening yesterday about her having gotten home from dinner. I stop in my tracks because I know very well that she wouldn’t be getting home late on a work night (we pride ourselves in early bed times) and I walk over to my husband and ask; “What day is it?” “It’s Saturday...” he replies. I put my phone down and get back into bed, heart still pounding and ask him why he laid there watching me as I ran around frantically. He just responds “I don’t know?” We both giggle fall back to sleep.
Made it to Friday, I thought to myself as I opened my eyes to my fourth snooze alarm. It's been a long and busy (in a good way) week at work and home and I am looking forward to day two of our book organization project at school. Made it to Friday, I say to myself as I get out of bed and become instantly anxious at the thought that I... Made it to Friday... The thought became scary... Scary because tomorrow is Saturday and we are hopping on an airplane to fly to the Bahamas in less than 24 hours. Don't get me wrong, I love Fridays, I love the thought of being in the warm sun, I love the thought of Friday before spring break...but... I hate the thought of flying (even in first class). We made it to Friday, I tell myself, this time in a bummed out way because tomorrow is Saturday and I have to fly. Flying makes me nervous. I am still having trouble deciding which movie I will watch during our 3.5 hour flight. Usually I feel ok once I have a good distracting movie picked out and ...
Hahaha - been there! Nothing quite like those moments of terror and amazement at yourself for being so forgetful. The only emotion close to it is that wonderful realization of the actual mistake you made. And you captured it all so well here!
ReplyDeleteThat's the worst feeling! I'm so glad you could get back in bed!
ReplyDeleteHahaha! I'm impressed that you went back to bed; those morning freak outs are the worst! Tomorrow is the last day of our March break - I'm afraid my Monday morning panic will be real.
ReplyDeleteOh no! At least you got a slice out of it.
ReplyDeleteI would never have been able to get back to sleep after that adrenaline rush! You capture so much thinking and action here.
ReplyDeleteHaha!! Horrible feeling 🤪 glad I got you on track with my text! ❤️
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