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Sunday, September 12, 2004

Three Flubs and You're Out...(take 2!)

You ever hear that saying that "all things happen in threes?" I must be having some sick and twisted rendezvous thing, but MnM has been a victim (once again!) of three major flubs. The only difference this time is that I managed to get away "bukol-free" from any large metal objects crashing down on my forehead and one of them is enough for me to cry and hide under a rock. Boo hoo! Read on, read on....

Flub #1: Friday or Saturday is usually set aside for cleaning house. I do the laundry, clean the bathroom, and vacuum. That's my routine. Saturday mid-morning, I get a call from my Ate and we proceed to have this 184 minute conversation...(that's what it said on the handset after I hung up). While we're catching up, I somehow manage to eat my breakfast, do the dishes, and file the bills. Yes people, I am a multi-tasker! Feeling rather productive, I knew that the only thing from completing my clean-house routine was to vacuum. After the typical Filipino goodbye (oh wait, before I go, did I tell you about....), I get the vacuum cleaner, unravel the cord, plug it in, and start in my usual spot near the window. After only about 10 swishes and 5 perfectly shaped upside down V's, the vacuum cleaner died. Not died where you give it a jiggle here and there and starts up again died, but died died. I seriously don't know what happened. I was actually waiting until we got our house to buy a new one, or better yet, one that actually sucks up the dirt without much prodding, but oh well. This sucks. ('scuse the pun!)

Flub #2: the FACC youth group was asked to perform a Filipino folk dance by a FilAm Nurse association. The performance is tomorrow. Since the kids have danced before, I was glad that tonight's practice would be more like a review. Thank goodness we have costumes, glasses with lights, and music. Music? Hehehe. It's very typical for MnM to be prepared for things like this. I like to make sure I have everything set out the day before and go so far as putting things near the door so there won't be any chance I'll forget them. I make a list that I have to double check before going to sleep because if there's anything that I HATE, it's forgetting something I should've had. Anyways, to make a long story short, MnM brought a tape for music. Turns out that it's the WRONG tape for the WRONG dance. Aiya! Well since practice MUST go on, everyone has to settle for the vocal stylings (as styling as she can get!) of yours truly. Not that I haven't done that before...hum the music, call out the next figure while still keeping count...it's just if you KNOW this particular group of kids, the volume button has to be a certain decible. Lol! In all honesty, it wasn't all that bad...it was just deserving of a big, huge slap on the forehead!

Flub #3: So here's the kicker. I checked my emails and messages in the morning like I usually do. Didn't do anything different. My sister calls and we have that conversation that spans a couple hours. No biggie. It's when I noticed that my laptop froze. Darn thing has been doing that since the major accident it had after I so gracefully tripped over the extension and it came crashing down to the floor. Nice going MnM! Thankfully, hubby was able to retrieve and save all my files before we brought the laptop to Best Buy. Though I was without my laptop for a while, it wasn't the end of the world and I managed. This time is different. It somehow just locked up. Hubby has tried all of the tricks up his sleeve and nuthin. What sucks BIG TIME (and this is where I could spend a day or two crying about it) is that not only are my school files on it, but a lot of the personal writing as well. I'm so bummed. There's A LOT of papers and projects that I worked my butt off and now they're gone. Gone. Gone. Gone. (..."Like Frank Sinatra...like Elvis and his mom...like Al Pacino's cash"...) Sorry. Inside joke, sorta.

So there you have it. My Saturday has been full of flubs and it gets no love from me. All I gotta say is that the kids better kick some ass and make me proud at tomorrow's performance!
MnM @ 1:10 AM |

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