Just say NO to Drugs and other things too.

I'm the girl that has a hard time saying NO to people who need help. Or at least I used to be. Two years as an apt. manager has hardened me, to say the least. Now I'm really good at saying NO. But for some reason a month ago I went against all judgement and said YES to the people in 208 who asked if Sophie would feed their fish and water the plants while they were on vacation. Asking Sophie to do it is basically asking me to do it and i really don't have the brain space to remember this sort of thing. But ok, sophie could earn a little money and so i went with her the first time and then placed all other responsibility to remember to go back every other day for a week on her. And she did it, partly because i put it on my calendar and reminded her each day and partly on her own. By the end of the 10 days the fish was alive and the plants were healthy. Great. Done. Sophie got her 20 bucks.

So last week, 208 found me on the way down to the car and asked if Sophie could do it again. I hesitantly said OK and continued on with my day. The problem is i never put it on my calendar and only mentioned it to Sophie once. Well, this morning, while in the shower, the place where i do all of my deep thinking, i remembered 208. Oh CRAP! we were supposed to start 5 days ago! All i could think is the fish is dead, the plants are dead. Great. We ran over to 208 and thankfully the fish was still alive. There was a note also asking her to pick up the mail. Even better, now a weeks worth of mail is bulging from their little metal box. I went outside and find the plants brown, droopy, barely clinging to life. I drenched them in water hoping to revive everything before Saturday when 208 comes home. Moral of the Story: don't be the nice guy!. It's OK to say NO. and i should have. Now i'm going to have to pay for new plants.