I Forgot

I remembered to pick up the dogs. I even remembered to fill up the tank and bring my toothbrush. Let’s take a second to list what I forgot to bring up to the Damp Dog Lodge:

• Camera. That’s particularly regrettable. Between the snow, blooming flowers, and foggy morning, there are plenty of happy snapping opportunities today. Not only that, but I’d really like to document the renovation process. No camera, no real proof that I did anything but goof off all weekend.
• Laundry detergent. There’s more detergent at the store, certainly. The dogs would prefer that I not go. Sorry kids, just don’t eat my books while I’m away.
• Printer. I guess that’s not such a big deal. After all, if I don’t have the camera, what photographs would I need to print?
• Records. Crates full of big vinyl platters (you may have seen examples on the walls at Planet Hollywood, what you may not know is that you can get sound out of them—even without lasers!). The crates and the dogs would’ve occupied the same space in the car. Guess which had to stay behind.
• Jacket. This was supposed to be the warm day of the weekend. If that’s the case, I wonder what tomorrow will look like.

Oh, I just discovered that I forgot to close the upstairs window at the Lodge last weekend. That coincides with leaving the other window open the week before that. Natch.

Clearly I’m losing my mind. Maybe note-taking will help.

Your, um, something,

– bob