I Spoke Too Loudly

Well, well, well ... the cancelation gods heard my whispers. 

We had couples plans for a picnic at a mountain winery with friends (the one who changes/cancels regularly). Her idea. Her push. I prepped and cooked for the picnic (of course I did). They had landscapers no-show and reschedule for today. Late last night she texted that they would "probably" be able to meet us later in the afternoon if all went well with the landscapers. 

Nope. We aren't on-call for plans today. What if they're late or take longer? What about saying that today isn't a good day to reschedule boulder delivery? Both hubby and I turned down other plans to schedule today. Frustrating as all get back. We won't reschedule this particular plans with them. Not worth the trouble. 

I bought food and snacks geared for them. I cooked and prepped. What a waste of time. Neither hubby and I have any interest in still going -- we were doing it for them. It's a long drive (90 minutes each way) for us and we don't drink wine. We were going to purchase a couple of bottles to take home because we were spending the afternoon there, but it's not very good wine.

We had this date for weeks and have been trying to plan this since the spring (at her request). It's so dang frustrating to me.

I'm not sad to have today to fuss around for myself but upset at the work that was a waste of time and money. Okay, rant over. UPDATE: See below ... rant not over lol.

I hiked yesterday. Mixed reviews. I got stuck with a woman who was a Chatty Cathy the first half of the hike (all political talk), but then we switched up and I enjoyed the company for the last half. The pace was comfortable and the weather was great. There's a rock "snake" at the beginning of the hike so I added to it. It's gotten a little washed away after the storms, but it's getting filled back in again.

I'm taking Duke to the park this morning. Not a full run because tomorrow is set to be a hard hike and I need to have fresh legs. Of course, now I'm leery about plans for the rest of the week. Start on the cancelation highway and it all goes to hell hah! Today is cancelation #2. So do I modify today for who knows what tomorrow??? Guess my rant isn't quite over. Simple idea -- do what you say you are going to do. Obviously, within reason and sometimes things need to change, but when it changes for shitty reasons and you've gone to a lot of trouble -- I don't take it well. 

That's part of the reason I'm feeling a pull to more of a small group dynamic. More stable plans. 

Okay, this time the rant is really over.  And now I have nothing more to chat about. Geez. Off to plan something for today. I can make it a fun day if I set that intention and follow through AND stop ruminating over what happened. 

Later gators.