Feeling your age....it happens to us all.

HELLO!  Happy Monday! 

Beep Beep Beep (yes here it is again)....Monday.  I woke up - late.  That is such a bad habit.  I can hear my Dad telling me at 14..."Alyson, that is a habit you must break now."  OK Dad you were right-- for the love!!!!   Anyway, I rush to get the sleepies out of my eyes and look in the mirror - I just know this is going to be a bad hair day.  EEK was I right.  Something about the humidity and the South -- gotta love it.  OK, so I manage to get ready and then its the dreaded "finding something to wear task."  The key for Ally to finding something to wear is -- what do I not have to iron.  If I have to iron it, more than likely its out of the question....because for the reason above - I'm pushing the time factor on the commute to work.   Checkerboard skirt and white button down shirt.  OOO I remembered my watch today -- Yipee!  The only bad thing about my watch is IT TELLS ME HOW LATE I'M RUNNING.   OK out the door and I'm off.   (My car was sooooo clean -- my husband had washed it so it looked NEW).....The commute to work was typical....I drive faster than everyone and in doing so, I am ALWAYS behind someone slower than me.  To avoid self-incrimiation, I have slowed down and am trying to do better.  I get to the parking garage and find a spot.  I parked on....I parked on....um.....ya.  I parked the car and jumped out -- ran up the street two blocks and phew I'm at my desk.  Yipee its 8:10.  BLAH!

Ok in my defense...I am always late LEAVING work too.  I never leave on time.  I am walking out with a ton of stuff.  I have presentations the next 3 days and have my laptop bag, handouts, messenger bag and Land's End Tote.   I get to the garage and since I have all this stuff ride the elevator up to my floor.   Get off and my car isn't there.  I down one level (via stairs)  its not there.  I go up two levels its not there!  OK where is my car....I deduct finally that I actually took the stairs UP when I came in this morning and so therefore I need to go two levels down.  (I have a math degree --- I can do such deductions)  Finally -- three levels later I find it.  When I'm 40 -- I bet it takes me at least 5!  I really felt my age....It hurt.

Remember:  Write it on your hand where you park!