Wine and multi-tasking do not mix (very well).

Or this could alternately be titled, "Lynette doesn't know how to use a phone."

Let me set the stage for you.

Last night, I got the kids to bed, came downstairs, poured  myself another glass of wine, and sat down to watch American Idol via Tivo.  I can't stand to watch it live and not be able to fast forward over Paula's babbling non-sense.  

I got through Allison's performance and felt a little let down.  I love that girls voice, but I wasn't feeling her with that song choice.  Plus her choice of clothing didn't do her any favors.  

Next up was Anoop - dawg.  He has been hit and miss these past few weeks so I was curious to see how he would perform this evening.  And let me just say I was blown away.  He sealed the deal for me and prompted me (for the first time this season) to pick up the phone and vote.  And I was only 2 contestants in. 

So here I am dialing with the phone in one hand and holding my wine in the other hand while watching the other Idols do their thing and attempting to fast forward over Paula and the commercials.  At one point I was so caught up with the multi-tasking going on that I pushed redial on the phone and put the wine glass up to my ear instead of the phone.  Luckily I caught myself before I caused a mess.  But I had to laugh.  

That reminds me of the time when I was back in high school.  I was in a deep sleep when the phone rang.  I didn't have my contacts in and couldn't find my glasses in time to reach for the phone.  I ended up picking up the TV remote control and talking into it thinking it was the phone.  Duh!     

And the award goes to...

If there was an award for the longest dumb moment I would for sure win that prize.  Hands down.  My mind must be on another planet.  Let me explain.

Monday I decided to prepare a coffee cake for ladies bible study which I had stuck in my head was on Tuesday.  I finished preparing my lesson and did a quick review Monday night before bed.  

Tuesday morning I overslept and had to rush to get myself ready.  Carson and Luke were also still asleep and it was 8:45.  We were supposed to be there at 9:00.  Needless to say we were going to be late which isn't that big of a deal since the first 15 minutes we eat and chat.  

I got everyone dressed, in the van and on the road at 9:05.  I was happy that we weren't going to be extremely late since the church is only 5 minutes down the road.  

I pulled into the parking lot and noticed there were only 10 cars parked when the usual is 5 times that amount.  I thought to myself that maybe it was cancelled due to the MLK holiday or the possibility of bad weather.  

And as I was about to park the van it hit me - like a shovel in the face.  Today was Tuesday.  Bible study is not until Wednesday.  I was an entire day early.  Unbelievable!  

And to think I could have continued to sleep and more importantly I could have let the boys continue to sleep.  The boys were understanding when I explained to them why we were going back home or maybe they were still half asleep.  

And if that wasn't enough, the day just continued to get better.  I say that in the most sarcastic voice possible. 

When I got back home I realized that I forgot to put a note in Taylor's folder for him to stay after school for basketball, which I am sure he forgot about as well.  So I knew I would have to bring him a change of clothes.  I picked up the phone to call the school and wouldn't you know it, the phone wasn't working.  No dial tone, nothing.  

After I called the school on my cell phone I contacted the phone company to report the issue hoping it was something they could fix while I was on hold, but of course not.  They would have to come out to the house and look into the problem.  So I have to sit around and wait for them to decided when they want to show up.  They gave me a time between 10 am and 8 pm.  Yes, 10 hours. 

Forget it.  I'm going back to bed.