Before I get into my posting, let’s just a take moment to marvel at the beautiful autumn we are having here in Illinois! It’s been quite some time since we’ve experienced such vivid colors and more blue skies than gray.  Go ahead to take a peek out the window – I’ll wait.

Oh, good you’re back!

Well today I must reflect on a very crappy week and how our brain cells compensate for this – with forgetfulness.

Monday night we had rain –  fast moving and at times a fierce downpour.  I slept about an hour before my husband woke me up to inform me the basement had water coming in. Hours of wet-vac work and moving furniture in the late night/early morning hours were for nothing. The water won this battle.

Bleary eyed and sore, my husband left for work Tuesday morning. I followed a few minutes later. He called me to see if I’d left home yet – he forgot his keys to the building. I was closer to work than home so he had to find another answer. I spent the day looking for someone to evaluate the damage.

Wednesday morning, we did our same routine only this time when I am ten minutes from work, my husband calls to inform me he left his phone at home. He needs that more than his keys. I turned around, called my boss to inform her I would be late. I then tried to speed stealthily (if that can be done) back home fifteen miles away.

By Thursday, we were both tired of the week’s drama and went to our favorite waterhole. For a few hours we forgot about the hectic week and it felt good. I also had the fortune to find a gem of a park in Highland Park – brilliant in its autumnal plumage! I vowed to come back the next morning to take pictures. At work, the voicemail system went down. Not good.

This morning, it being Friday, I had my pre-work errands to run. After I loaded up the car with laundry, dry cleaning and my computer bag I turned the key in the ignition and got nothing. Nada. Zilch. Lovely.

For once my husband hadn’t left before me so I transferred my carload into his and made him run the errands I would have. The only thing I didn’t get to was the park to take pictures.

Now the weekend is on the horizon and there are many events slated for Saturday. Sunday we can get things done at a less hectic pace and forget all about this monstrous week.