Missed Concert

I had a very disconcerting/disappointing thing happen just the other day.  I somehow had it in my head that the Allison Au concert was next Monday when it was actually last Monday.  I only realized this on Wed.  So yes, I completely missed the concert.  This almost never happens to me, as I have a pretty good warning system.  I think one of the reasons this happened is that the calendar was off the wall for a while, as I was trying to figure out my SummerWorks events.  (I don't like SummerWorks nearly as much as the Fringe, but it does have a few things of interest this year.)  Also, I really overdid it on Fringe this year, seeing 22 or so productions!  

But probably the thing that really drove this concert out of my mind was all the preparations for the BBQ.  On Monday, I had wanted to run over to Walmart and grab a couple more deck chairs, which it turned out I needed (as the webbing in one of the older chairs was pretty ancient and gave way when someone sat down on it!).  And I did use a fair bit of time Monday evening straightening up and getting ready.  Now had I been completely organized, I should have been able to do everything, but sadly that didn't happen.

Of all the concerts to miss, probably better this than the New Orford String Quartet for instance.  I believe the price was on the low side, though it still stings.  Au is performing a few places around town, including next week at the Jazz Bistro, but I believe I have a conflict and unless that concert runs short, I won't want to try to swing by only to catch the late set at the Jazz Bistro.  I'll just have to keep my eyes open for the next big concert she has.

Now I did completely miss a performance at Tarragon (After the Rain) but that was because of bad TTC performance, not because I had forgotten.  And while my son never got to see the show, they were able to fit me in a few days later.

I do think there were one or two times I realized I couldn't make a show on the day of or only just remembered that a show was coming up, but generally I have been a subscriber and was able to do a last-minute switch.  So this is certainly a rare event for me (completely blanking on an event), and I hope it will not happen again for many years to come.