Yes, This Did Happen.

First of all, I know I'm only several months behind, but I wanted to welcome one of my besties to the blogging world! I had been telling her she needed to do this for years (more like, 2..), and finally, she gave in. I like to attribute her joining the blogging community to (ahem) myself because she is probably my biggest blogger supporter, always diligently reading them and then immediately texting or messaging me about the specific post. I love it! (DUH! Who doesn't love "fans"?) Clearly, whatever credit I can give myself, I don't hesitate. So, let's welcome Megan and Dan Crownover!!! Clap clap clap. And here's a little something to make you smile: THEM!

So, guess what happened yesterday? I had a crazy moment where 2 of my worlds collided into each other in a brutal smash. It hit me. All of a sudden, I'm sitting at my desk at work, minding my own business, and then I had a *tiny* internal panic attack. I rapidly texted my mom asking her when my brother's high school graduation was (SHS - is the best) and at the same time, frantically g-chatted my friend Megan (mentioned above) asking her when Memorial Day weekend was again. It was too late. At that point in time, I already knew it was O-V-E-R. I had, inadvertently, double booked myself. Oh, the terror!!!! It honestly was one of the worst feelings, no lie.

Here's a little background:

Before I moved out to Cali, Megan was such a sweetie and quickly tried to reserve Memorial Day weekend for her and Dan to come out and visit. I immediately jumped on that bandwagon (and by immediately, I really mean 2.5 weeks later when I finally remembered to respond to her email while she was patiently waiting). I was so excited! I knew Memorial Day weekend was the last weekend in May, but that was about it. Then, add into the mix that my mom told me they wanted to fly me home for my little brother's graduation. She didn't remember when it was, but I made sure to clear it with my boss and company before I accepted the job offer, seeing that it was going to be in May when I would have been employed for a little less than 3 months (supposedly, you aren't supposed to take vacation time the first 3 months, and I am taking Friday off to travel). So, a few weeks ago, my mom booked my ticket. I don't think much of it and the dates. Then, 2 weeks ago, Megan and I were making a bunch of plans and so excited about the trip, so last week she booked the flights and sent me the email confirmation. I was elated, and definitely recognized the effort they took to come out here, noticing that flying 2 people out here on a holiday weekend ain't no cheap thang, but her response was, "it's worth it!".

Then, not even a week later, my worlds collided and my eyes were opened. I called my mom after I realized it and told her the situation. We realized that she didn't know that Anthony's graduation was during Memorial Day weekend. So here I was, knowing M&D were coming out Memorial Day weekend (not too concerned with the dates) and that Anthony's graduation weekend was sometime in May. Well, OBVIOUSLY they aren't the same weekend. Because if they were, my mom would have said Memorial Day weekend was his grad weekend. WAHH. (Insert Snookie's "wahs" here) WAHH. WAHHH.

I honestly can't ponder on it any further, because it just makes me sad. It's a lose-lose situation any way you look at it. On one hand, I'm missing out on a trip with one of my besties who was coming to visit me, and the "me" factor won't even be there now. But on the other hand, I'm not staying in Houston as long as I could have (we didn't know it was Mem Day weekend...remember?) so I'll be returning Sunday early evening rather than Monday. Ay Caramba.

The Positives - Megan is a huge sport and has a really good attitude about it. (If you know her, there's no surprise there!) Dan's best friend from college also lives out here, so they were going to visit him too, so at least it isn't a total loss. Also, our house is welcome to them to still stay here during the weekend so I'm not abandoning them COMPLETELY. AND, since I am returning on Sunday, I will get to hang out with them for, oh, 10 hours. Maybe a little more! :) Megan already said we should do brunch on Monday before they leave. That's just the pits that I move away, a friend comes to visit me, and I only get to see her for a few hours. The pits I tell ya!

Anyways, that's life, it's going to work out, but not necessarily the way I envisioned it. I'm sorry to all of the parties involved that I've made a complete mess of things, but it clearly wasn't intentional and I haven't gotten into the routine of using a calendar again (not that it would have helped anyways).

I'll make it up to you Meggie! Thanks for understanding!! XOXO.