The tree is up, the cards in the mail, and Mario is a happy kitty to be the added decoration under the tree - his favorite hangout place during Christmas season. All the kudos go to Don for decorating the tree, and doing such a great job. Other years, the job was usually mine after the tree was carried up from the basement and set in place. It's amazing how things change in a year.
Getting the cards and letters out was a big job this year. I've always relied on address labels and keep a current list ready to go in the computer. This year Avery changed their template numbers - at least for the 8160 that I've always used. Of course I had bought a new package of labels. I can't tell you how many times I printed the same set of labels trying to get them to line up correctly. I fiddled with the margins, changed settings, stood on my head, said a few choice words, called Avery, stood on my head some more, and said more choice words. The air was turning blue, and even Mario didn't want to be in my office. After Day 1 out of the 5 I worked on cards, brain fog was setting in, and I really didn't know what I was doing for the remaining 4 days.
The long and short of the story is that some friends might get 2 cards and some may have been omitted by mistake. I clearly didn't know what i was doing anymore. Today Don confirmed one error after talking to his sister, who mentioned she had received our card and letter. When Don was talking to her he was holding the envelope and card in his hand that we were going to mail out later today. YIKES! That's one we know about - how many others were duplicated and how many have been missed!
I hate living with this brain fog and feeling like I don't know what I'm doing. Yes, it's probably the meds, but I still don't like it. There are so many days where I feel like i'm mentally losing it. A Twitter friend once told me 'Getting old "ain't" for the faint of heart.' How right she is!!
ha ha- so if you are a friend who received two cards, count yourself lucky and save one for next year in case you are missed at that time. If you were missed this year - well, what can I say...............maybe next year you will get one!
Mary
