I am so calendar-challenged

Working at home, being here with Gary with little contact with the outside world except for doctors, I have lost touch with the passage of time. I actually have to ask what day of the week it is when I get up in the morning and the date? Forget it. If it wasn't for calendar reminders popping up in my Outlook for work, I'd miss every single appointment. This is a real problem when it comes to figuring out when my sister and niece arrive this week for my second-to-eldest niece's wedding and then Gary's return to work and then his birthday and then a trip to Toronto for Cirque du Soleil for his birthday... There are dates involved, I'm sure, but they haven't really sunk in, you know?

So, I look at bagheera_san's post asking for a CLFF22 beta and I get ready to post 'Sure, send it over!', when the date it's due hits me. The 10th of September. The 10th! Not the 20th, which is what I put in my sidebar. Ten days earlier than I thought! *facepalm*

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you've heard it all before - Val whines that she can't possibly write her challenge fic in time - blah, blah, blah, fishcakes and then she writes it and Chicken Little wishes he had her gig. But...I was going to do a movie rewrite for this one which is at least 15,000 words and I haven't even re-watched the movie yet and my sister arrives tomorrow night and the following four days are owned by my family when I'm not working and ATAP wants is demanding to be written and I just lost 10 freaking days of writing time.

*crumbles into pitiful, sobbing heap*

*lifts head and looks around for sympathy*

*listens to echoes of mocking laughter*

*picks self up and pretends just tripped over piece of &%$#@ dust on floor*

*grins sheepishly and changes due date on sidebar*

Oy.