How Stupid am I - and how will I cope?!

[cubfanbudwoman]

Karen Barker wrote:
> I have ordered HBP from Amazon and cannot wait for the 16th July to 
> arrive - along with one or two of you I understand!
> 
> I have a long standing arrangement - ie it's all booked and has 
> been for a long while - to take my small son to the seaside for the 
> weekend together with his friend and his friend's Mum.
> 
> It has just sunk in that we are going on the 15th of July and 
> coming  back on the 17th.   AAAAAgggggghhhhhh!  How could I be such 
> an idiot?!
> 
> I could just go and buy another copy at the seaside but then I will 
> just want to read it and that would be really rude.  I can't cancel 
> as that would be letting everyone down but I'll be really bad 
> company as I'll be on tenterhooks just dying to get back home to 
> read it.
> 
> So, when you are all reading your copies at 00:05 on 16th July, 
> please spare a small thought for me because I will be banging my 
> head on a table and shutting my ears in the oven door in a small 
> caravan at a seaside resort on the east coast of England!!



Karen,
This happened to me with OoP, as we were arriving at our Michigan 
vacation rental cabin on June 21.  I just had Amazon ship my copy to 
that addy, which they did w/o trouble.  (Now, there *was* still 
trouble, bec. I got there after the P.O. closed, but Amazon did its 
part!)  Would that be possible for you?

Of course, you'd still have to worry about that rudeness in ignoring 
your son while you read. ;-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan