Synched, late

It was an out-of-sync kind of day. I drove the kids (Em and Kendall) to school, waited a few minutes, then signed in at the front desk to attend the PTO (parent teacher organization) meeting. When I looked at the sign-in sheet and saw no other signatures, I asked if I had the right day. That's when I found out the meeting was at the lower school campus, about 4 miles away. I got there a little late. A lot of parents were in attendance, but not a lot was said or done. It was mostly lower and middle school stuff. I did meet a few parents from the upper school, which was great. I had previously filled out a PTO interest form and was told that I would be contacted. It was all over by 10:00 and I was left wondering how I'd fill my time till Em's 4:00 game. I went to Sam's Club to return the camera. I realized I had a memory card full of pics and that it was a perfect opportunity to order prints. It takes a lot of time to do all the editing, etc, but I did it and almost had the order finished when the tech came over and announced the processing machines were down and that it would take longer than an hour. I knew I'd be in the area, so it was OK. I walked all the isles. I decided to have an eye exam. I checked out glasses afterward but couldn't find ones I liked better than the ones I have. Everyone in that department agreed and I decided to look elsewhere some other time. I checked to see if my pictures were ready; they weren't. I returned Karen's call (Happyone) about getting together but we decided on a raincheck. I had a hotdog. I paid for my items. I checked on the pics again. They were almost ready but the 5X7's wouldn't be ready today. I gave up and left. Then I went to the mall, which is across the street from Sam's. I met up with my 'friends' from Land's End at Sears and tried to figure out the right size for Emily's long-sleeve polos. After many calls to Land's End, we gave up for now and I found a few tops for myself. About that time I noticed that the tiny orange dot on the iPhone that shows it's on silence when switched to the left also showed orange when it was switched to the right. I went to the AT&T store and was told I had to go to the Apple store. I went there and the tech agreed it needed looking at and that there was an opening at the 'Genius Bar' in 40 minutes. Well, I couldn't do that. Emily's game was starting at 4 and I didn't want to be late. I drove to the school and was dismayed when I saw no parents' cars lined up for the game and no field hockey team on the field. No game. I looked at my calendar to find that it was an away game. At least an hour away. Wah. I went online and found another opening at the Genius Bar and made an appointment. I had my laptop in the car so I was able to back-up my iPhone. I went to Apple to find that I needed a new phone. How cool is that? Very. New phone in hand, I went to Panera's for dinner. Then to the school to pick up Emily who just got back from the game. That was my crazy out-of-sync day.

We went to the grocery store when we got home. I saw my new favorite ice cream on sale. Last time I made my pint last for at least 5 servings. I told Emily I wouldn't share.