Last night I went to sleep at midnight. I set my alarm for the usual 9:30 in the morning. For some reason, I woke up automatically at 9:00. I turned off my alarm and thought I'd just close my eyes for a couple of minutes. Those couple of minutes turned into 11:00. Today was Joan's appointment with the dermatologist at 2:45.
Got Joan out of bed, took her to the bathroom, dressed her, put her back in the chair, and prepared breakfast for her. Then we sat down and watched a video about Spain and a few other places. I didn't feel tired, but I seem to have dozed off about halfway through. When I awoke, it was 2:40.
In a panic, I dressed Jones quickly as I could, put her in the wheelchair, took her downstairs, put her in the car, and we started to drive to the appointment, which was 20 minutes away. I pulled over for a moment while I was driving and called the doctor to inform her that I would be late. Unfortunately, the phone number that I was given took me to a company that only handles messages and passes them on to the doctor. She told me it could be 2 hours before the doctor got the message.
I drove to the location anyway, knowing that I was probably too late for the appointment. When I arrived, they told me the doctor had waited but had now gone home. I asked for a new appointment and was given a new appointment on this coming Monday at 2:45. I was angry with myself for not staying awake and getting Joan to her appointment on time. Fortunately, I was able to get a new appointment.
