day on fire

sometimes it takes me quite a bit of time to get a day sorted.
for today, i was to cruise through four different locations for four different stuff- and i was so proud when it was all organized....
today turned out to be hilarious instead. so i thought it was worthy of note.

proposed plan was:

before 930am meeting: 5km run@y
930-1030am meeting: psych assessment (client+psychiatrist)@dundas square
-grace through ttc to school (15 min max)
11-12 noon: jury run through for A
12-1: rehearsal for B
1-2: rehearsal for C
-grace through ttc to union station (15 min max)
230-430: translation meeting (client+lawyer)@ front st
-grace through ttc to branksome (20 min)
5-6: teach a lesson for D
-return to school, get brain sorted,
7-9: recital for dearest meredith.

i thought it was a work of art. then the day actually happened like this:

before 930am meeting: rushed 5km run@y,
overslept so had to run faster than i wanted,
930-1030am meeting: client got on bus, then got to the station, to find out subway was out of power, so had to go take uber back home, get the car, and drive down, park and get to appt. 30 min late. so now it's 10-1115am meeting.
11-12 A cannot make it down as car's frozen from the storm over the weekend. briefly contemplated rechecking schedule with B, C but then decided they are super dependable, no need. so got a bagel and got to school with 15 min to practice.
12-1: B thought we were on 1-2. so B literally puts pants on and gets to reh for 1230. i madly text lawyer to see if we can push 230 to 330. 12-1 is now 1230-130.
1-2: is now 130-3, thought it was still gonna be fine, as lawyer wanted to start at 315. thought plenty time.
FUCKING subway fire.
no service from osgoode to king. now i have to leggit from osgoode to 43 front st as fast as i can in slush+grumpy people.
315 start is now 330.
we push right through the meeting, inst. of 230-430, it's now 330-430.
430 bus is late. so i literally chew my fingers out.
455 bus driver goes out of the bus to take a break at bloor. i needed one more stop north of bloor. gets out and leggit once again to branksome.
5-6: teach a lesson for D. she delares that her sister slept over in her bed, didnt get any sleep last night, should just nap at home. i silently muse the option. but we go through some I, IV, V chords for popsong-y stuff.
-return to school, 6-7 reh is running overtime. though the teacher has seen us, she decided to ignore her clock and finish her student's session, 8 min over the hour, which i found somewhat astounding- 730 recital gets 30 min max prep time, so taking 8 min out is huge. it's 27% of final prep time. i wonder if the teacher realizes how she is inconsiderate and disrespectful of other by doing so. prob not.
730 recital.

so sometimes, i just laugh.
and LOTS OF LOVE FOR MEREDITH.
you are all-grown up and done! congrats. thanks for inviting me to your last undergrad recital. i was so happy to be part of it. you are LOVELY.

k day, im out. see ya NOT.

afterthought:
i wonder if fate was punishing me for laughing at this last night


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