Today I was at the supermarket and my phone rang. It was the Elders, they were looking for a meal (I had offered to feed them one day) so they were taking my offer up. I didn't think it would be a problem and told them to come about 5.30pm.
Nicholas and I headed off to piano lessons after school, stopping off at the bakery for our weekly chocolate donut. After piano lessons we drove home over three mile hill, which happened to have road works going on to repair the damage due to a weeks worth of rain. The road was frosty and we had to stop for a little while. Looking at my watch it was 4.50pm I still had to pick up Kate from Montessorri and then get home to cook dinner YIKES.
After getting Kate from daycare I rushed home and started cooking savioury mince on rice and a fruit crumble for dessert. 5.30pm the Elders hadn't arrived (thank goodness) then the phone rang it was them. They were going to be 10min late. I said with much relief be as late as you like. They arrived approx 5.45pm I greeted them and they came in, we sat and had a chat. I then went to the kitchen to check on dinner and whilst there I informed the Elders it didn't matter they were late because Dave hadn't arrived home yet either. Both missionaries stood up promptly and apologised and quickly went to leave. I had totally forgotten that they couldn't be in the house without Dave being there. I felt really bad for them as it was so cold, frosty cold they were going to stand outside and wait for Dave to come home. I suggested they wait in the car instead.
I text Dave to see how far away he was and unfortunately he was going to be another 30min. I knew the missionaries had another appointment to go to and so I told them I would bring their dinner to them in the car. I felt so embarrassed what I thought wouldn't be a problem was a nightmare. The missionaries came to the door and I had their dinner they insisted on standing outside in the freezing cold to eat their meal.
Luckily by the time they had finished their dinner Dave had arrived home thus they were able to eat their dessert in the warmth. One of the Elders laughed and said our dinners in Mosgiel are always fun because the last dinner they had was at the Jenkins and they didn't realise Kate was in labour upstairs until they asked why she wasn't joining them for dinner. Craig just casually informed them she was in labour the midwife will be here soon but we wanted to make sure you guys were fed (funny).
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