Free quote of the day brought to me via conversation with former prof.  Wisdom is what is acquired when you could’ve used thee. 

Oh –kay! I had an ADD episode at Target.  I’ve never been diagnosed as having ADD, but I think I have a mild case.  There I was at Target buying all the Christmas gift wrap paper I’ll need for next year for .49¢ and debating of which design is better: candy canes, snowflakes or snowmen?  Then I’m struck political questions and decisions. I come from a family of life-long republicans, but I’m not.  But I also come from the school of cynics and believe that when it comes to politics and politician it’s a matter of selecting the lesser of two evils.  As for the paper- I went with the jolly snowmen.  In politics- my ideal ticket is Clinton-Edwards 08. 

The greeting cards also caused me to venture into the muddy waters in my mind.  There are so many freaggin’ options when it comes to the obligatory greeting card fiasco.  My relatives should know me better my now, but No.  You have no idea how hard it’s for me to find what I think is the best “Season’s Greetings” card.  But I finally found them- of course, for next year.  What made them perfect was the price tag of 75% off original price.  This made me wonder as to what people do with the holiday cards or greeting cards for that matter that they receive each year.  I began to save all my cards about 5 years ago when I received a carefully written thank you card by a graduating senior.  I think that before then I was too much of a rebel to save cards with honest sentiments.  I have 2 albums with all the greeting cards that I wish to keep- just a handful have ended up in the trash b/c I really, really, really abhor the individuals who gave them to me.  (So here I am, writing at how distracted I am, and my mind is diverted somewhere far away from my original thought!)  But really, what do y’all do with all those cards?

My Christmas holiday is coming to an end, as I must go back to the torture chamber, I mean work on Monday.  Boo-hoo.  I’ve been sick, and lazy, and I have loved every minute of it!  Really, I could spend the entire day in bed.  I watched more CSI and crime mystery movies than I dare to count, but I also did some cleaning.  I eliminated unnecessary *stuff* from my life- cards, letters, poems, and even some old diaries from the dark era in my life.  All of those words create a load that is unnecessary for me to carry.  I had a bitter sweet moment when I found a love poem an old love wrote to me, to then get suspiciously curious and Googled it!  When I first received it- the words made my heart flutter with happiness, and now that I know that it was written for someone else by a cyber poet, the sides of my stomach hurt by laughing so much at my naiveté.  I still can’t depart from some old love notes, but the time will come, as it does for everything.

Till we meet again,

Amberley