Please, please HELLLLLLLLP me - I need to change who I am

[pecka]

I feel shit today. Took DD to her new school (first day of 2nd week) and got that awful realisation that I had forgotten it was a school trip. The other kids had jeans/tracksuit bottoms on and trainers as they are going to the beach and will be doing some walking/exploring. DD has summer uniform dress on and patent leather school shoes.

I was feeling all smug that I remembered her recorder and then this! No recorder lesson as they are at the coast all day! Also realised as I got in the car that she had left her coat so I went back but they had already left :(

I had written it on calendar and in my diary but how can I get things like this in my F**ING brain

Keep your diary on your desk (or table) and update it last thing at night and check it first thing in the morning.

agree with MD, you just need to keep checking the calendar or whatever. Have you got it hanging somewhere obvious like the kitchen?

Must confess to checking calendar every night and immediately putting stuff out ready for the morning, even if it's just the empty gym bag - it reminds me to fill it in the morning as I trip over it in the hall...

Sounds like something I would do pecka, don't worry, put it down to experience and you probably won't do it again! As for your DD she is most probably having a whale of a time and not even noticed!

Its just a theme of my life - I try SO hard but I seem to have the organisation bit missing

I hate planning ahead but the calendar/diary and checking it in the evening/morning helps. Also have a look at the week ahead on Sunday night. I have been there and have been so faught and drained of energy. I happen to lose every appointment card that is given me before it can even get into the diary. I take different bags out and mislay everything. I hate myself for it but I cannot get it together sometimes.