Blog Warning

I heard a story on the radio this morning that makes me sick.

I am writing about in hopes it will ease the pressure on my heart and allow me to put it aside.

A Toronto two-year-old, who was left inside a SUV in Houston, Texas, for two hours, has died.

The inside temperature of the car reached 50 C (122 F).

The radio report I heard said the toddler’s older sibling was having a seizure, which is why the child was left in the car parked outside a relative’s house.

Initial reports, which I have been reading, didn’t have that information but said the child was forgotten in the confusion of unloading the car from a shopping trip.

Please do not think I am judging because I certainly am not. I understand things get busy and people get distracted. I also understand that is easy to think your spouse is dealing with one child, while you deal with the other.

I guess this awful, tragic and incredibly sad story is a reminder to never let your guard down.

For me it was so hard to continue to drive to work. I wanted to race back to my son, scoop him up and hug him tight.

Ah-Ha!

I have figured it out.

I have had the sad experience of thinking it’s Friday when it’s only Thursday for almost a month now.

And I have only just realized why.

I work at a chain of community newspapers in the City of Toronto. Recently, the deadlines for the three newspapers I am a copy editor for changed.

Instead of being swamped on Wednesdays and Thursdays, I am now really busy on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

Obviously, my brain hasn’t switched to the new way of thinking and by the time Thursday comes, and it’s a slow day, I think it must be Friday. I then I wake up Friday and realize I do have to get up and ready for work.

So now that I am aware of the problem, I am hoping this week will feel like it’s going by fast.

To no lost days.

Cheers.