Re: Doofus for a day...

[Guest guest]

and , Well, I guess I joined your group today. All week long I have been cleaning the

house, organizing things like you do in the spring...as long as the energy level stayed up that is...and

was planning a small dinner party for tonight. I had invited two couples to join me and the boys for

corned beef, then got an email that one couple had an unexpected overnight guest and could they

bring her along? I said sure. Now, my boys usually prefer to get away from the adult talk at the

table, so they take their dinners into the living room and watch TV until the adults are ready to make

the move into that room, and then they join the general conversation, or retreat to Mom's room and

the other TV. LOL This is to clarify that the dinner table was to be set for the guests and me, only.

I confidently set it for 7. I ironed 7 napkins, polished 7 sets of silverware and 7 wine goblets. Then

I sent my teenaged son out to the garage for an extra folding chair. (This is the learning disabled

child, mind you.) He started to say something, and I assumed he was complaining about the errand,

and cut him off.

He goes out to the garage, brings back the chair as requested, then says, "Mama, I don't know why

you needed this chair, there are only going to be six of you at the table." It hit me like a ton of

bricks...he was right. I had counted the extra guest as a couple, and had set up everything accordingly. DUH. So, then I began the process of rearranging the table, putting linens and dishes

away, etc. I am totally exhausted and the guests don't arrive until 7 p.m. I think I'll go take a nap.

The corned beef is already cooked and sliced and in the oven warming through, and the veggies I

serve with it are steamed already. They are just keeping hot until dinner in the steamer. So, off I

go for twenty quick winks. I wish I could just drive up and honk for someone else to do the dishes

later on. LOL Love you, MM