Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Image by Joey Yen via Flickr

What is with me and dates? Today I was supposed to meet with the orthopedic specialist regarding my ankle. Yes, it's been giving me problems lately; so you would think I would have made a point to be there. I even had the calendar in my handy dandy new cell phone(LG Voyager) set up with the appointment and a reminder so I wouldn't be late.

Here's the glitch. I received the letter from Worker's Comp. last Thursday. Yes, it clearly said my appointment was on the June 15th. So I counted the days. Thursday the 11th, Friday the 12th, Saturday the 13th, Sunday the 14th, and Monday the 15th. So what did I do? I set the appointment for Tuesday the 16th. I even set it with a 2 hour reminder. It is beyond me how I managed that one. But, anyone who knows me knows that unless you give me a specific day and date, I will somehow manage to mix it up. It's inevitable.

Quite frankly I would miss my own funeral if a day and date weren't given to me ahead of time. So, I arrived today all ready to have my ankle yanked, prodded, pulled, bent and twisted every which way possible, only to be told "Mr. Roberts your appointment was yesterday." I was so embarrassed. Here we go again. I pulled out the letter to confirm my humiliation.

No problem, we'll reschedule. How's Thursday at 8:30 a.m.? Great. I'll just put it in my handy dandy cell phone calendar and all will be well. Yes, I even set the reminder. Now to set the GPS to find the new directions. We all know how that will go.

P.S. The picture is my beautiful LG Voyager. I love my phone. I'm so connected.