What day is it?

It’s fourth quarter 2006…. sadly, calendars rule my life.

The funny thing about this - I am usually clueless on what day it actually is. My co-workers remind me when the non-major holidays occur. (“Carol, we can’t meet on Monday because it’s Columbus Day….we won’t be here.”) . I don’t write personal checks anymore which require filling out the date; I do that on-line banking thing. Thankfully, Bill Gates takes care of putting dates automatically in my Outlook emails and Word documents. As a professional in the finance field, I’m usually looking at reports that are dated the month previous or contemplating proformas for results quarters ahead. Nah, it isn’t October….I’m reviewing September results and next year’s budgets are now being finalized. My mind is swimming in 2007. It seems to be a tough year.

I have one of those lovely daily calendars on my desk with motivational quotes on it that you are supposed to rip off every day. My calendar proudly displays its August 5. I could tell you I simply loved the quote that day and wanted to hold on to the sentiment….but we know the truth. I once tried using a PDA a few years ago – but kept forgetting to charge it and more importantly found it too much of a hassle to update constantly. The calendar I depend on is the one ticking in my head – the one that never fails me (who am I kidding?)….reminding me that I have only a few months to take 23 vacation days I still have remaining for the year…remembering I need to get my 10 year old niece a birthday present….warning me that the Volvo needs inspected some time soon (or am I late already?)…..prompting me to not forget my parents’ anniversary in November….oh yeah, it’s getting cold, that must mean Christmas is almost upon us.

Such is the life we lead….too many appointments….too many deadlines….not enough time to even track it all. But I am resolving publicly that I will turn over a new leaf as of today and conquer this calendar conundrum. It’s time to embrace the day ahead of me!

I tear off a ½ inch deck of daily calendar pages and ceremoniously throw away two months of time. No lie….the quote of the day decides to mock me: “Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday” ~Proverb

I loathe calendars.

Carol (Susan’s much younger sister!)