oh, i am so disappointed in myself

I missed a meeting today at the university where I'll be teaching part-time in May and June--completely forgot about it. Ugh. Embarrassing. I got caught up in administrative details at my school and it just went out of my head. Fortunately, the lady I was meeting with got in touch with me, and we worked it out... it was no big deal. That was good to know and will let me sleep tonight. She's very laid back, and we knew each other from my training course last summer, so it isn't that bad. I do feel bad, though. I hate it when I do stuff like that.

I've really got to get into the habit of using a day planner. I've known it for years, and I've never actually done it. I spent some time today catching up on my Palm Pilot... now I've just got to remember to 1) carry it with me, 2) enter things into it as they arise, and 3) check it every morning and lunchtime and afternoon, just to make sure I haven't forgotted anything. It was wierd... all week, I knew I was going to forget this meeting. Hmmph.

I'm trying hard not to beat myself up over stuff like this, but it's difficult! I'm a bit of a perfectionist and am very hard on myself for no reason. It's silly, I know. Sigh.

Better news on the job front... I worked out an arrangement with my school to work 5 or 6 hours a week after I finish teaching 3 days a week to help with the inspection that we're having in August. It's the kind of work I like to do, organization and arranging things and the like. I also helped my boss find a very important file that had gone missing. That made me feel a bit better about the missed meeting.

Also, Monday is a bank holiday, so no school. Probably won't post a blog entry that day either, unless I'm bored. Then on Tuesday, I start teaching creative writing for three weeks to the big group of Filipino students who are coming this weekend. Whee!