Melanie I were supposed to record a Two Writing Teachers podcast last Sunday. She texted a few days before to see if we could push it to this past weekend. I penciled it in in my paper calendar that hangs in the kitchen. I saw it several times this week.

Yet, I went to bed last night thinking, “I have nothing on the calendar for tomorrow. How rare!”

I was lazily reading slices in bed this morning when Melanie texted. I immediately knew I had messed up!

Luckily, Melanie was also running late. At 8:08, she asked if we could make 8:30 work. After saying yes, I quickly made a game plan. First, make coffee. I threw in a load of laundry and began thinking about where in the world I could record a podcast from, avoiding the noise of my family.

I decided the sunporch, with a closed door, was probably the safest bet. I grabbed my computer that had been giving me trouble charging the day before…it was completely dead. I texted Melanie, “can we do this from my phone?” She didn’t see why not. She also notes that all these glitches could make for a slice of life…

I grabbed a notebook and a pen and made my way to the sunporch, only to run right back out to grab a coat and my winter hat. Our sunporch is not heated and the spring like temps that teased us just a week ago were long gone.

When Melanie popped onto my screen, she laughed at my winter getup. But forty minutes later, when we finished recording, I joked that I was all warmed up after talking about literacy…my favorite thing! Despite the need for a reminder, the computer problems, and the location- it was fun waking up to chat with Melanie!

Where in the World am I Writing From: Still waiting at the Apple Genius Bar…why not slice?!? Tomorrow, I just might be slicing from a brand new laptop. 🙃