Social Distancing (174/366)

TIME: 2:48 pm
PLACE: Office
SUBJECT: Elevator floor

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Social distancing stickers in the elevator.

I guess you have the face the wall and can't look at each other either.

Veni, Vidi, Voted (306/365)

“People often say that, in a democracy, decisions are made by a majority of the people.  Of course, that is not true.  Decisions are made by a majority of those who make themselves heard and who vote - a very different thing.”

Walter H. Judd (American politician and statesman, 1898-1994)

TIME:  10:41 PM
PLACE:  Home
SUBJECT:  Sticker

The kids were off today for the second day of school conferences (mine had theirs yesterday) and it was also Election Day.  Oh joy.  I performed my civic duty by filling in the little circles on the scannable ballot.  I don’t like it - it reminds me of all of the tests I took back in my college days – belch!  Not a good memory to have while making important voting decisions.  Nevertheless, I completed the task of filling out the ballot; I walked it over to the scanning machine; I fed it into the scanner; my vote was counted and then I received my prize – the ubiquitous “I Voted” sticker.  I think it goes quite well with my pink hoodie.

Going Bananas (308/365)

 
“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it”

Mary Jean “Lily” Tomlin (American actress, comedian, writer and producer. b1939)

TIME:  6:59 PM
PLACE:  The kitchen
SUBJECT:  Banana stickers

Lately, I feel that the phrase “going bananas” describes me quite clearly.  It seems I have so many things that I need to do, should do, have to do, not to mention the things I want to do.  I cannot seem to wrap myself around them, contain them and organize them into any semblance of order.  I have become overwhelmed and just want to crawl into a corner with a blanket wrapped around me and shut down.  I almost wish I could just rent a dumpster, throw everything away (both physical and mental clutter) and start completely over from scratch.  I realize that I am very fortunate in many ways – my family is healthy and happy, I have a husband whom I love and who loves me, I have 3 great kids, we have a roof over our heads, food in the cupboard and clothes on our backs.  I guess I just need to stop, take a deep breath and remind  myself that I should focus my attention on the things that will matter ten years from now – not the small stuff that will be forgotten about in a week or two.

Would You Like To Buy A Yard? (166/365)

 
"Is it true that the only difference between a yard sale and a trash pickup is how close to the road the stuff is placed?"

Unknown

TIME: 10:00 PM
PLACE:  My basement
SUBJECT:  Yard sale stickers

This is what I was doing today.  Attempting to cull the crap treasures located in our basement.  I am feeling suffocated by the amount of stuff that we have.  I had a yard sale last July and suckered people into buying sold quite a bit.  How is there STILL so much piled in the basement?  Good gravy, I think that it must breed down there.  That has to be the only explanation.  Last year, I took a bunch of the remaining items to the Goodwill (thrift shop).  The rest of the trash goodies I placed on the front strip of grass between the sidewalk and the street and posted a Craigslist notice for "free stuff" - it was all gone by Sunday evening.  I plan to follow the same protocol for the yard sale next weekend.  If it doesn't sell, it ain't coming back in to the house, it's going!