
I'll
never do that again!
Have
I ever made decisions? Me? Oh, Yeah, all the time. I made a terrible decision
just the other day. My next door neighbor knocked on my door and said she was
going to visit her sister in Canada for a week, so could I feed her cat while she
was away? I didn't know her very well, but she said the person who usually
takes care of her cat couldn't do it this time. And without even thinking
about, I said I'd help her. Now, for me, this was just a terrible decision. I mean,
for one thing, I'm allergic to cats. And also, I knew I was going to be really
busy at work, I mean really busy. And there was no way I'd have time to take
care of it properly. And on top of that, I'm really absent minded person in
general. I forget stuff all the time. That's why I don't have a cat of my own. I
don't have any pets. I don't even have a plant. But my neighbor just made me
feel like I had to help, I guess. So I agreed to do it. And the problems
started right away. I was supposed to start feeding the cat on Thursday
morning, but I just forgot to do it. I should have marked my calendar so I wouldn't
forget, but I didn't. I mean, I told myself to mark that calendar, but I just
never did. The next thing I knew it was Thursday afternoon, and I was in the
middle of a meeting at work, and suddenly I remembered. So I had to leave work
early to go home and feed the cat. Then the next day, I knew I needed to leave
work on time to catch the train home and feed the cat. But my boss said I had
to stay late to finish this report. So I missed that train, and the next one
didn't come for an hour. When I finally got home, the cat was OK, luckily. But he
was pretty hungry, and it was the weekend. I brought the cat over to my own
apartment. I thought it would be easier to remember it that way. But I really
shouldn't have done that because of my allergies. I remembered to feed the cat,
but I was sneezing all weekend.