I cannot believe that I went to the trouble of watering all my outdoor plants and now I sit here listening to the pouring rain. It was in a matter of less than an hour and it is raining heavily outside. At least my plants will not be thirsty - however - they may drown now! The sun was shining and it was beautiful an hour ago. I did my watering, drank my coffee and headed downstairs to the other computer to do some work. Downstairs, in the darkness of the basement, who knows what is going on outside!

Anyway, I get this telephone call from someone who immediately blurts out 'Where are you?' In response, I say "Who is this?" to which she replies "Laura." You don't know this but Laura is my hairdresser. In an instant, my mind goes over the last few weeks whereby she called me at work to tell me that she had to reschedule my appt for a cut and color as she was taking vacation a week early. This meant that I too had to have my hair done a week earlier. On my mental calendar, it reads c/c for next Thur morning. This morning, I have been busy doing a lot of nothing. I did NOT check my actual calendar.

So, what is the answer? She tells me she can do ONE or the OTHER. Cut or colour (if I can race over there right now). Otherwise, she is gone for two weeks and the first week back is booked. That means three weeks for me to wait and it has already been four weeks since I was in to see her. That would be a total of seven weeks before I got my hair cut and coloured. It may not seem like a big deal to you - but to me - my heart was pounding. My mind was racing as to how I could make the quick trip all the way to the northside in time to only get one or the other done by her. The alternative was to go to her cousin which is still on the northside and who has cut my hair before (but not like Laura). She tells me also while I am 'thinking' that it is pouring rain right now. 'Really?' I say, thinking how I had just come in from the sunny weather and watering my plants.

Oh boy, how things can change in a matter of minutes, or moments, or half-hours!! So, I get the phone # for her cousin, my hair colour formula and then tell her not to worry, I will look after things myself and get back to her in six weeks for my cut and colour again. I am NOT driving the Yellowhead in pouring rain - especially when I am running late and likely will be speeding! "Have a great holiday" I say, and tell her not to worry about it. After all, it was my mistake!

I go upstairs and check my calendar to find that I DID write it down and I can see that it is this morning at 10 am and I am obviously late! Also, it is pouring rain here as well. As I said, what a difference an hour makes!