{"id":185,"date":"2007-08-25T10:41:11","date_gmt":"2007-08-25T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/blog\/2007\/08\/25\/yup-im-an-idiot\/"},"modified":"2007-08-25T15:59:14","modified_gmt":"2007-08-25T22:59:14","slug":"yup-im-an-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gregbaker.ca\/blog\/2007\/08\/25\/yup-im-an-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"Yup, I’m an idiot"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, after work last night, there was a birthday dinner for Kat’s uncle Sev. As always for birthdays, I hopped in the car and drove down to Ama’s house in Surrey<\/a><\/p>\n

When I got there, I rang the doorbell. There’s usually a certain level of commotion in the house that can be heard from the front door that was strangely absent. I knocked again.<\/p>\n

A couple of facts quickly started to come together: (1) I had arrived on-time for dinner at 6:30. (2) Dinner wasn’t at the place had arrived to. (3) I had no damn clue where dinner actually was.<\/p>\n

No answer on Pam’s cell phone, so I sent Kat a text, which I believe was “Where the fuck is dinner? Not Ama’s?” Kat was good enough to leave the movie she was in and text back “Sun Sui Wah in Richmond<\/a>!”<\/p>\n

Then, some more facts joined the earlier three: (4) Kat had told me dinner was at Sun Sui Wah; I had totally forgotten and gone to Ama’s out of habit. (5) I knew how to get to Sun Sui Wah from the direction of our place, but was a little fuzzy on how to even get from Surrey to Richmond efficiently, let alone find the restaurant from a totally different direction. (6) Not owning a teleporter, I was going to be seriously late.<\/p>\n

Luckily, Pam phoned at just that moment to ask if I was getting there soon. “No.” Her father gave me instructions for the drive. Luckily, my good auditory learning kicked in, and I got them about as fast as he could talk. I’m pretty sure he gave me the cross-street in Richmond incorrectly though. I had to phone Paul and have him check for me.<\/p>\n

So, I got there about 45 minutes late, but only missed one course (either squab or quail, the family was undecided). Since it was a full 10-course banquet, that was pretty good. I took a bunch of pictures<\/a> and all was well.<\/p>\n

I’m sure there will be much mocking the next time I see the fam. Sigh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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