Today I went to the endocrinologist for my quarterly diabetes checkup. I was worried about traffic, because they are doing some sort of bizarre and complicated construction project on the road that my doctor's office is on, so I was pleased when I realized they didn't have it down to one lane today. The weather was lovely, and I even scored a great parking space. And then I went to check in. "Hillary Penguin?" the girl at the receptionist desk said. "Um, your appointment was yesterday." Whoops. I didn't realize that 37 was the age where senility started to set in! I have never done anything like that before. I just put it in on the wrong day on the calendar, I guess, but wow did I feel like a moron.

Luckily, they were able to squeeze me in anyway. In fact, I think I had to wait less than I usually do. The doctor even said, "I was so surprised, because you're just not the sort of person who would not come and not call to cancel." Which is true. I'm not that sort of person. I don't make mistakes like that! But this time I did.

In other duh news, did you know that postage rates went up last week? I didn't. Yep, 1st class stamps now cost 42 cents, not 41 cents. I wish I had known that before I mailed my gas bill off last week, although luckily, they seem to have some sort of amnesty for people like me, because it didn't come back to me.

Now I'm wondering if idiocy happens in threes, like so many other things. If so, the next few days could have the potential to deliver a really whopper of stupidity. I sure hope this is a short term burst and not the start of a longer trend. Time will tell.

Posted by Bad Penguin at May 29, 2008 10:01 PM