After a lot of planning, and a few schedule mishaps, Nick set off to Albuquerque today to bring home a trailer full of furniture from my grandmother's house. I had to stay back with the kids, so my mom had gone ahead and flagged all the items I wanted, and my father had arranged help for Nick on the other side. One of the items that was coming home with Nick was a large upright freezer. My mom warned me that the freezer was very tall, and I assured her that the trailer Nick was bringing would have plenty of room. Mind you, I didn't actually verify this in any practical way. I just assumed that it was tall enough because I though Nick and I could both stand up inside of it. Well we can, with our heads bent. Oops.
So of course Nick arrived and my dad immediately said there was no way the freezer would fit. I felt a lovely combination of horrible and stupid. I was starting to think of other ways we could get the freezer to Taos, when Nick texted me to say that my parents were bringing it up in my dad's truck. I hurriedly pulled together a bigger meal, and we had an impromptu dinner visit with my folks. Because they hadn't planned on coming, they had a ton to do back home, and had to turn right around and make the two and a half hour drive back after dinner. Although I felt bad that they had to go through all the trouble because of my mistake, I was also selfishly happy. Because of my oops, I got to have a beautiful dinner with my parent, and I loved it.
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