Sunday, October 04, 2009

Confused

All last week I kept thinking, "I need to remember to send Emerald a birthday card, I need to remember to send Emerald a birthday card." So, on Tuesday night, I sat down and made her a card. I sent it on Wednesday, hoping it would get to her by her birthday on Monday, Oct. 5. I was so glad that I remembered. I have this paranoia about forgetting people's birthdays.

Fast forward to last night, I was sitting on the couch looking at facebook. In the little section that tells which of your friends' birthdays are coming up, I see: John Pierce--Oct. 5. Then, it hit me. Em's birthday is March 5. Our freshman year of college, we had this little joke that everyone's birthday was either on the 5th or 20th because most of us were born on one of those days. So, somehow I got it in my head that Em's birthday was Oct. 5. I jumped up to call her, hoping she hadn't already gotten the card. Well, she had. She said, "I'm so glad you called. I wasn't sure what I should do. I thought, 'Should I call Kayla? Is she ok?'" We got a good laugh at it. I wish I had seen her expression when she opened that card. I told her not to expect anything in March. Only one card per year, even if it is 5 months early. :)

How early can Alzheimer's start?

4 comments:

Brittany Baumgartner said...

LOL, girl! That's hilarious. I was reading your post in google reader and I had to stop and make sure I was reading *your* blog, not Kalyn's. ;)

Kalyn Gensic said...

Thanks, Brit. This is a bit of a Pierce moment. I think I'm feeling actual concern for you. But thanks for the laugh, anyways!

Sallie said...

I hope it's not "like mother, like daughter!"

Laura said...

I just did the exact same thing with Dan's sister, only it was just a month early. I was so proud of myself for remembering and wondered why Dan hadn't! :) Oops!