Overextended

I feel like I have too much going on, and nothing really important, but my life is out of control.

I took on a second job at one of those tutoring places for some extra cash. I get the schedule every Thursday for that next week. Not a problem, right? I get the schedule and go to work when I'm supposed to.

This week, I was scheduled to work on Wednesday. I wrote it in my planner, I put it on my work calendar, in my cell phone, you get the point. The point being (in case you missed it), I have work on Wednesday.

Late last week, the president of my alumni association (I'm on the alumni board for my college) called. We had to have an "emergency" meeting. I don't really care to go into the details here about the certain woman about whom the meeting was being held. Let's just say, if you never felt like pulling your brain through your nose with a wire hanger, you will after 3 minutes of knowing this woman. The president asked if I could meet Tuesday or Wednesday. I being the good, organized person that I am, opened up my planner and said "Tuesday. I can do Tuesday."

We have the meeting and the fate of the woman is decided. While I'm heading home, I check my messages, and I have a message from the tutoring place. "Maxi this is tutoring place. You're scheduled for tonight and your student is here. If there's something wrong, please call." AGH! I've had this job for less than a month. I need this job. I have NEVER been anything other than a punctual, hard working employee in my whole life, and then this happens!!?? I don't know what to do. I'm all but crying at this moment. I go home to check the schedule and sure enough I should have worked tonight. I totally messed up. This never happens to me. I am a good person, I care about my jobs. I feel TERRIBLE here people! TERRIBLE!! I don't know what to do. And I guess I have to call tomorrow and apologize, but I'm petrified they'll fire me, then I don't know what I'll do for a second job. There's no way I could do retail! And even if it comes to that, I still feel bad. This is not typical Maxi behavior! I don't know what to do.

And Cat, I know you would LOVE for me not to work at tutoring place. I will admit, it's cut into happy hour and after work exercise time, and that makes me very sad. I hate it as much as you! But happy hours will have to be cut out completely if I don't have the means to fund them!

:'( Maxi