You know those stupid "chain letter" emails you get from your so called friends. Well my sister sent me one last week, and as I always do, I deleted it and sent it to the trash bin.
A couple of days before that, I was asked by a friend if I would like to go to China with him. April 11, 2011, for 21 days. It was the exact itinerary that I had worked out for Bob & I, should we go. And it was only $3200.00. A real bargain. I could hardly breathe. It was a dream come true. I could get to walk on the Great Wall of China. I went home and discussed it with Bob, as there were some awkward conditions involved. For instance, I would be sharing a room with a "straight" man. Bob was also concerned that I might have trouble being away for 21 days without family. He is right, it may have been an issue. After a short discussion, Bob agreed that it would indeed, be a wonderful opportunity for me and he was not quite as excited as I was about going to China on our next big adventure. A major condition to the offer was, my friend's sister was first choice and I was only going if she said "no". He assured me that there was a very good chance that would happen, as her husband has several health issues that might prevent her from going away for 21 days.
And another totally unrelated item.... I have an annual dinner with 25 - 30 of my most intimate work friends and it is usually held in a local restaurant. Reservations were booked at Delaineys in Guelph, the invitations were sent out and the RSVP's were rolling in.
Now back to the chain letter.... right after I deleted that email, my friend called to let me know his sister had made arrangements and was able to go to China with him. I have to admit, I shed a tear or two. The next day, Delainey's called, cancelling my reservation for next week, because they have had a fire. I thought frantically and found another venue for my dinner, but now I have to send out 75 new invitations with the alternate location.
Bottom line here... this is all my sister's fault. If she had not sent me that stupid chain letter, I would be having dinner at Delainey's next Wednesday and going to China in April.
I am not sure I will ever forgive her. She is lucky Christmas is coming up and we already have scheduled dinner together. Otherwise, I may have shunned her for the rest of the year. Do you have a crappy chain letter that I can send off to her????
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Too bad about China, what a great opportunity it would have been. Which sister are you hating?
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