On the bus ride home after work Friday, I ended up sitting behind the younger sister of an old college friend, Andrea (does that sentence refer the name to the sister or the friend? – ah grammar). Haven’t seen or talked with either since just after college – ages ago. Theresa just moved to my town a few months ago – looking forward to catching up after all these years. Small world.
Just found out this weekend that my landlords are putting my apartment on the market this spring. I have a month or two to find a new place – or consider buying this place. I’ve found over the years that I don’t mind change, as long as I get to make it. Not the case this time so I’m stressing. Between trying to find another wicked cool home like this one and the thought of packing and moving everything- I’m not a happy camper. I’ve definitely nested here. Wish me well on my search.
My way to deal with things I don’t want to deal with is to organize. Having organized most everything, I went off script a little and decided to memorize the US presidents – finally organizing them in my head. Don’t ask me why, but over the years it’s useful to know so-and-so was in term during such-and-such a time period. So I made flash cards and everything. Don’t know how long it will stay in the old noodle, but I can comfortably say I know all the presidents in order, their terms and number. I even started learning what their home state is/was. Did you know there were four MA presidents? There’s the three you expect – the two Adams and Kennedy. Do you know who the fourth was? Bush Sr! Who knew?
And you know what I just put together as I enjoy the last part of my long weekend. It’s presidents weekend, specifically presidents day. I had totally forgotten what holiday it was. Strange that the subconscious must have been working and came up with the idea of memorizing the US presidents. About time!
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