FROM: Banbury, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
ABOUT ME: Living the highs and lows of life in the adventurous pursuit of God Himself and of who I'm meant to be as the Bride of Christ.
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Wednesday, April 25, 2007,8:45 p.m.
LESSONS LEARNED
Last year I learned a very important lesson. It was this:
When one of your very best friends phones you on the 22nd of the month - two days after her birthday - and tells you how mad she is at you for forgetting her birthday, the correct response is NOT, "Your birthday isn't until the 27th!" It is not one that inspires faith in either your mental capacities nor your ability to remember things (nor apparently to write them in your calendar, where you have obviously made a gross mistake).
This year the same aforementioned friend learned a very important lesson. It was this:
When one of your very best friends sends you a birthday present Express Post with the sole intention of insuring that she does not miss your birthday like she woefully and foolishly did last year, the correct response after she tells you it will arrive on time because it was sent Express is NOT, "You could feed a child in a third world country for what that cost!"
Needless to say, our idiocy cancels each other out and we remain very close friends. Possibly the idiocy is why we are friends in the first place.
The real sad and inane thing is that the idea of sharing all of our life lessons popped into my head because my calendar just beeped at me to not forget that my friend's birthday is on the 27th.
I nearly chucked the computer off the balcony.....
When one of your very best friends phones you on the 22nd of the month - two days after her birthday - and tells you how mad she is at you for forgetting her birthday, the correct response is NOT, "Your birthday isn't until the 27th!" It is not one that inspires faith in either your mental capacities nor your ability to remember things (nor apparently to write them in your calendar, where you have obviously made a gross mistake).
This year the same aforementioned friend learned a very important lesson. It was this:
When one of your very best friends sends you a birthday present Express Post with the sole intention of insuring that she does not miss your birthday like she woefully and foolishly did last year, the correct response after she tells you it will arrive on time because it was sent Express is NOT, "You could feed a child in a third world country for what that cost!"
Needless to say, our idiocy cancels each other out and we remain very close friends. Possibly the idiocy is why we are friends in the first place.
The real sad and inane thing is that the idea of sharing all of our life lessons popped into my head because my calendar just beeped at me to not forget that my friend's birthday is on the 27th.
I nearly chucked the computer off the balcony.....
