But recently...I think it might be broken. And I'm inclined to believe that the attention-to-detail node in my brain might be on the left side of my head, right near the temple and coincidentally the part of my head that I keep randomly (and accidentally) whacking or injuring in some way.

My friend Deustche and her wonderful fiance S had their engagement party recently. The Sexy and I were invited and I received the invitation and was disappointed to see that we would have to decline as it was on the 19th of April and we had a show on.

On the Saturday of the event I decided to bake up a batch of my shortbread and deliver it round in the afternoon as a "Sorry we can't make it tonight, hope you enjoy yourselves" sort of a gift and hang out for a short time.

Now to cut a long story short ("Oi, I heard you in the back there - shush") I rang to find out where she was as her car wasn't at her place only to discover that the party had started at 2pm (at her parents' place, which I had noticed in the invite). For some reason I thought it started at 7.30pm (not just a vague thought of "ah, it's an evening party" but an incredibly definite - 7.30pm). I have no idea where I got this idea from.

So there I was, in my daggy it's-a-bloody-chilly-afternoon clothes while everyone was dolled up in party clothes.

I can't apologise enough for the stupidity.

I am now having an incredibly anal retentive week. There is a woman in our Auckland office who I think won't talk to me for a week or so and a bloke in the Engineering department who thinks I am mentally retarded.

But at least I got the details out of them that I needed. Yes, indeed. If I hadn't spent 2 hours sending very long emails filled with extremely descriptive reasoning, I wouldn't have been able to pay that invoice.

No wonder the RhymingNameGirl at work sometimes calls me a baboon. BABOOOON!

Tyd

PS - I wonder how many grammar and spelling mistakes are in this entry that my malfunctioning attention-to-detail node didn't pick up :P

PPS - And you just know that after I typed that I went back and checked the entry with a fine toothed comb :P

30 April 2008 - 7:37 pm

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