Oh what a morning.
Sometimes, I think I have (most of) it together. I can play with Jude, run errands, cook, and clean without breaking a sweat. This morning I gave myself a preemptive pat on the back because I had plans for gettin’ stuff DONE, and I felt great about it.
Errand number 1 was to return the portable DVD accessories to the family who loaned the DVD player to us for our trip to PA. They came by to pick up the player a few days ago, but I had missed the pile of extras when I packed the actual device up, so I offered to bring it by today.
Errand number 2 was to finish grocery shopping (I’ll post this week’s menu in a few–promise!). I had planned to go to Dominick’s and the RP Fruit Market. My list wasn’t big, but I needed to stop at both places since the produce at Dominick’s is piss-poor. (What exactly does “piss-poor” mean? Anyone?)
After a late breakfast, I got the boy and myself ready, threw him on my back in the Ergo, grabbed what I needed to, and headed out. When I got to the front door, I noticed it was raining, so I headed back to grab an umbrella. Then I remembered that Josh had taken our last working umbrella with him to work today, so I was SOL. I ran upstairs and knocked on our neighbor’s door to see if I could borrow their umbrella for the morning, but no one was home. This would be FAIL #1 for the morning.
I had no choice but to head out into the rain, but since it was on my way, I decided to stop into Walgreen’s and buy an umbrella. I got there, picked one out, headed up to the counter, and realized I had left my wallet at home. I had the cash that was designated as “grocery money” for the week, so I had to dip into that (mental note: I need to put $6.60 back into the “grocery” envelope). FAIL #2
After Walgreen’s I planned to drop off the DVD accessories. After walking about a block west of Clark, I got the feeling I wasn’t headed in the right direction, so I called Matt (owner of the DVD player) to find out exactly where I needed to go. His place was a bit further away than I thought it was, and since it was raining, I decided that Jude and I would take the bus. Then I remembered that I (still) didn’t have my wallet, and thus, did not have my transit card. FAIL #3.
We (read: I) huffed it south to Matt’s house, returned the accessories, and made the executive decision to food shop at Morse Fresh instead of Dominick’s and the RP Fruit Market. Morse Fresh has good produce and a decent variety of other groceries, I was only about four blocks away from it, and it is located right next to the train station (so I could pay the $2.25 from the grocery money and take the L home), so I thought it made sense. Jude and I shopped there, and while I was able to get the bulk of items on my list, I wasn’t able to find two or three key items for this week’s menu and will therefore need to go back out into this crappy weather later on today. FAIL #4.
Let this be a word of caution to you–preemptive anythings are never a good idea.
