Missed Out

 Some days do not go as you had planned. Today was one of those for me. I joined the Hub Challenge to accomplish 30 hubs in 30 days. I was on day two. Yes I started officially yesterday. I don't keep any hubs unpublished, nor do I have a file of items on my laptop. I do each hub according to what I feel like writing about. I had planned on writing my hub this afternoon so I could time on it and get it right. Well, I ran an errand for a friend this afternoon instead. On my way home I stopped to do my good deed for the day. So my errand took me longer than anticipated. That was OK as I could still write after dinner.

My other friend stopped by to hang up my curtain rod for me. I have only been wanting this done for about a year, so I was more than happy to make a pot of coffee and help him hang my curtain rod. It looks wonderful and the curtains really break up the white on the walls. When he was finished we chatted for a while and then he left. I went back to Hub Pages to write my daily article. I was thinking about what I was going to write about when my phone rang. It was my other friend who lives upstairs and is making a cake for our mutual friends birthday party. She had bought two chocolate cakes and the icing and was going to use my bundt pan as that is what our friend likes. The design and appeal of the bundt pan. She asked me if I would mind baking the cakes and would bring the items down to me. I said of course I won't mind.

Fifteen minutes later she arrives at my door with the cakes and icing and we sit and chat for a while. We catch up on stuff that we had talked about at earlier visits and shared our days and her happy news she had received. I mentioned to her about my challenge I was doing and she asked me what I was going to write today. I said I hadn't decided yet and she suggested I write about my friends. I loved the suggestion and said "great idea." i will write about my friends today. With that she went home and I had to go next door to buy milk. Before I left, I knocked on my downstairs neighbors door to see how she was doing. She had a Dr. visit today and I wanted to see if she needed anything and how she was feeling. She was great. Had just woke up from a nap and was in a chatty mood. She shared her day with me and was very impressed with her new Dr. Her daughters had taken her and she always enjoys spending time with them. Before you know it, two hours had passed. The store next door was closed and so was the one around the corner. So I just went to my favorite grocery store and bought what I needed.

I came home put it all away and started my usual puttering around the house. I have to spruce things up, do a little dusting, water my plants, and start to get ready for the birthday party I am having for my friend tomorrow night. All the while I am thinking about my hub for the challenge. Finally I sit down to write and I have a comment on yesterday's hub. I asked for feedback and I received it. Some mistakes had been pointed out to me and being the perfectionist I am I had to fix them right away. Then I e-mailed my hubber friend and thanked her. Now it is two minutes to midnight. I cannot possibly do a hub in two minutes. No way Hosea!

Oh well, that is the way the cookie crumbles. There is always tomorrow, which is now here and so is my hub. I just chalk it up to "oh well" and will continue on with trying to do one a day for 30 days. Just because I missed out on this one doesn't mean I can't try another one!

 I love my friends and enjoy their company and friendship. I will drop anything to help a friend out and I have told them this. I don't know when this started with me or why I am like this I just am. I adjust to accomodate when needed. So what if I am late writing it is not the end of my world, no one is hurt, in trouble and nothing bad happened. My mom always said, "don't sweat the small stuff," and she was right. I will just try to plan my writing different as this is a new thing for me to do on line. My friends are the ones who light my way through tough days and for that I am greateful.