A Cost of Procrastination

Once again, due to lack of organization, I'm paying the price.  Since Dad had his heart attack things have been a bit busy.  Typical really of any month in our house.  I had gotten "lazy".  Mail had been stacked on the kitchen table along with a lot of other items.  I THOUGHT I had been pulling out the bills and putting them in the bill box.  Therefore, the only mail on the table should have been magazines and junk mail.  In an effort to clean off the table I moved the pile to my bedroom and knew I had a bill in the pile.  this week I decided to clean up the pile and catch up on bills. I THOUGHT the consumers energy bill was in the pile.  No bill except propane.  I go to the computer and do not see a check number next to my consumers entry so I think I have lost the bill and will be late.  I write out ANOTHER check to consumers and mail it out yesterday.  Today another check cleared to consumers that I hadn't entered into the register.  Huge sigh. guess I'm ahead but would have liked to have had that money for another thing!