The Best Laid Plans
The thing about having an electronic calendar is that you have to put stuff in and check it for it to be of any use.
I got a phone number that I was going to jot down on a piece of paper in my purse, only I don't have any paper in my purse because I don't carry a calender anymore. So you geniouses are saying--type the number into your phone, dimwit. Alas, I was getting the phone number off the internet on my phone and my phone was acting up as it was because I was at Hoover which is one of those buildings (like the courthouse downtown) which is mostly impervious to the signal.
Luckily, as I valiently tried to deal with this issue, I noticed that I had a message and I was able to go outside the door of the classroom--holding the door with my foot, (it's a good thing I don't allow my students to use their phones because if they had taken a picture, I shutter at the thought), anyway, I was able to call Jim to find out that I needed to go to court this morning and what the case was about, phew.
So I am trying to put the court date into my calender on my phone (with my foot on the door) and I see that I am supposed to be at another appointment at 9:30 and the cable guy is coming at 7:30 and now court is 8:30. I am an amazingly adaptable and capable person unencumbered by humility (I got that from Austin--I love "Pride and Prejudice"). I can do this I think. It was just like the morning I've already had. I had th cable guy scheduled for 7:30 and I had an appointment at my office at 9:30. What is one little court appearance in Glendale--a blip. I can handle it. But just to be on the safe side, I made sure to input it in my calender. Then I went back into class and found a piece of paper to write the phone number I wanted down and put it in my purse. (I think that piece of paper will just have to live in my purse in case I need a piece of paper again. Paper doesn't weight much, right, but I digress.)
Thursday morning, the cable guy was an hour late, so if they were going to be an hour late on Friday as well, I would be in court. So the first course of action was to find someone else to let in the cable guy. Check. The next course of action was to call the person I had an appointment at 9:30 to let him know that I would be late. (I had the phone number and I was going to court in Glendale, not cell phone hell) Check. Next I had to make sure that I woke up early enough and was quiet enough either to not wake Caitlyn up or to have time to get her settled so that I could get out the door. I was quiet enough and she didn't wake up or she wasn't at our house, so Check. I had to get to my office to get the file and get to court, find a parking space, get to the courtroom and still have time to read the motion that I was appearing on. At the office, I had a message that my 9:30 appointment was cancelled. Check.
Cable guy is done now, court is taken care of and I'll reschedule my 9:30, but the real question is should I put home repair and cable guy on my calender in the first place. I need to know all my appointments and notes (such as the month that I am the bulletin chair for Kiwanis), but my calender sincs to my office and my secretary and my assistant. Do I really want them knowing when I get my nails done? But I need to write all that stuff down, because I often overextend myself (the price of having no humility whatsoever). Alls well that ends well this morning, but what about tomorrow: class at 8, hair at 2:30, still need 20 hours on class project, taxes, lots and lots of taxes need to be done, Adam's computer, laundry, and keep open lots of time to be available to jiggle babies--Matthew expecially likes to jiggle and Madilyn likes it too. Wait, today is Friday--we have cookies at the office on Friday. I should write that down. Gotta go before all the cookies are gone.
I got a phone number that I was going to jot down on a piece of paper in my purse, only I don't have any paper in my purse because I don't carry a calender anymore. So you geniouses are saying--type the number into your phone, dimwit. Alas, I was getting the phone number off the internet on my phone and my phone was acting up as it was because I was at Hoover which is one of those buildings (like the courthouse downtown) which is mostly impervious to the signal.
Luckily, as I valiently tried to deal with this issue, I noticed that I had a message and I was able to go outside the door of the classroom--holding the door with my foot, (it's a good thing I don't allow my students to use their phones because if they had taken a picture, I shutter at the thought), anyway, I was able to call Jim to find out that I needed to go to court this morning and what the case was about, phew.
So I am trying to put the court date into my calender on my phone (with my foot on the door) and I see that I am supposed to be at another appointment at 9:30 and the cable guy is coming at 7:30 and now court is 8:30. I am an amazingly adaptable and capable person unencumbered by humility (I got that from Austin--I love "Pride and Prejudice"). I can do this I think. It was just like the morning I've already had. I had th cable guy scheduled for 7:30 and I had an appointment at my office at 9:30. What is one little court appearance in Glendale--a blip. I can handle it. But just to be on the safe side, I made sure to input it in my calender. Then I went back into class and found a piece of paper to write the phone number I wanted down and put it in my purse. (I think that piece of paper will just have to live in my purse in case I need a piece of paper again. Paper doesn't weight much, right, but I digress.)
Thursday morning, the cable guy was an hour late, so if they were going to be an hour late on Friday as well, I would be in court. So the first course of action was to find someone else to let in the cable guy. Check. The next course of action was to call the person I had an appointment at 9:30 to let him know that I would be late. (I had the phone number and I was going to court in Glendale, not cell phone hell) Check. Next I had to make sure that I woke up early enough and was quiet enough either to not wake Caitlyn up or to have time to get her settled so that I could get out the door. I was quiet enough and she didn't wake up or she wasn't at our house, so Check. I had to get to my office to get the file and get to court, find a parking space, get to the courtroom and still have time to read the motion that I was appearing on. At the office, I had a message that my 9:30 appointment was cancelled. Check.
Cable guy is done now, court is taken care of and I'll reschedule my 9:30, but the real question is should I put home repair and cable guy on my calender in the first place. I need to know all my appointments and notes (such as the month that I am the bulletin chair for Kiwanis), but my calender sincs to my office and my secretary and my assistant. Do I really want them knowing when I get my nails done? But I need to write all that stuff down, because I often overextend myself (the price of having no humility whatsoever). Alls well that ends well this morning, but what about tomorrow: class at 8, hair at 2:30, still need 20 hours on class project, taxes, lots and lots of taxes need to be done, Adam's computer, laundry, and keep open lots of time to be available to jiggle babies--Matthew expecially likes to jiggle and Madilyn likes it too. Wait, today is Friday--we have cookies at the office on Friday. I should write that down. Gotta go before all the cookies are gone.
posted by KathrynVH @ 9:48 AM
1 Comments:
At March 20, 2009 at 2:15 PM,
EZ Travel said…
Yes, you put it all on your calendar! Your secretary needs to know when you have another committment too. I don't type in "haircut"--I put "Paige 2pm" instead. that way I know what it is and the secretary knows not to put any other meeting in that spot. Be creative! Be organized!
Yes, I am a control freak, thanks for asking.
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