A Day of Forgetting

Yesterday was another Forgetful Day, mostly around the two journeys to and from work...

In the morning I piled the children into the car, added their schoolbags, and away we went. We made it about halfway before I realised they had no jackets with them.

Now, once upon a time Funsize got to school before I realised she had no jacket, an issue I resolved by giving her my jacket for the day (since I didn't really need it). But that doesn't work when there are two children and only one me, and indeed when I'm wearing my winter jacket which is way too big for her.

So back home we went, picked up the jackets, and then back to school. That wasn't too bad.

After dropping the children off, I started for work... and promptly realised I'd left my laptop back in the house, where it wasn't going to do me any good. So I had to go back again.

Anyway, that was the end of the forgetfulness for the morning. Huzzah!

At the end of the day I switched off the PC, grabbed my jacket, and left. (I didn't need the laptop bag.) And all seemed well.

Except that when I got home I made an horrible realisation: I'd left both my book and my lunchbox in the office!

So, anyway, I used another box for today's sandwiches, and have started a second novel. Which is actually quite nice, as I have found the other pretty hard going - it turns out reading about a dystopia is less fun when you're living in the early days of one.

Oh well. Here's hoping for a less forgetful day today!