Every year since I retired and TLW (The Little Woman)
decided to go to work, I have been left with certain ‘chores’ so to speak. One
of those chores is to write Christmas cards and holiday greetings for the
season.
Every year I take out my personal phone book and start at
‘A’ and end at ‘Z’. This is a logical progression and I am proud that I was
able to figure this all out!
I also need to rely on TLW’s phone book, which is a problem.
No, actually it is two problems: she files names alphabetically by first name
and she never finishes addresses, leaving me without zip codes. Couple this
with her handwriting and you suddenly have a crisis. I have to bookmark all the
addresses I can’t read and go to the local pharmacist to read them for me.
This year I went through the list of names and realized that
we have lost a lot of people through the year and it feels funny not writing
them cards for the season. They would elicit old memories and that would cause
me to stop and think about them. Yes folks, when I write cards I get to think
about the person or family and it kind of reviews my life for me.
Every year I vow that I would make a complete separate list
on my computer, combining all my names with TLW’s names after translation and
work from that. About half way through my writing of the cards, I notice
something. Two pieces of regular 8.5” x 11” paper folded in half and stapled
together! What I had vowed to do I did indeed do, but forgot I did it! There in
Times Roman 12 point sat all my names and addresses, with zip codes ready for
my use! I am what you call a schmuck! Yes, a schmuck for forgetting that I had
the list that would have saved me hours!
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