1. Now that we have to do practically everything online, why do I still have so much paper in this house? Remember when you would write a check with those carbonless copies and retain the copy? Or when you received the cashed checks back to retain them for your files? I had copies of checks from banks that no longer exist. I purged them all (or so I thought) each time I moved, but there would always seem to be a few that came along for the ride. I also used to save the receipts I got from the ATM machine; now they aren’t available. So at least a few sources of paper have been eliminated, but why do I still have so much?
2. My local ShopRite is reorganizing the aisles in the store. I wish they would ask me if they are doing it right. Just when I finally can remember where the Parmalat milk is located, they are going to move it again. Some of us are creatures of habit, so please don’t change anything!
3. The guy checking out ahead of me at ShopRite the other day had no bags to put his groceries in, he forgot his ShopRite card AND his glasses, so he couldn’t see well enough to enter his phone number into the terminal for identification. What a mess!
4. This morning I heard the song that my freshman year roommate at Douglass selected as her wedding song at her nuptials after her sophomore year – “Run Around Sue.” I don’t think the marriage lasted much longer than the song!
5. What does an emu have to do with insurance? That Liberty Insurance commercial with Lemu the Emu is so annoying! But I guess it is effective since I remember the company name.
6. Remember when you could go to the “Travel Size” bins in the store and find deodorant, shampoo and other necessities for 99 cents? Man, those days are over. You might as well buy the full size and portion it into a smaller bottle. I know I’m not paying $4 for a tiny bottle of shampoo!
7. This summer was filled with tennis watching for me. I watched Carlos Alcaraz beat Jannik Sinner in the French Open and then lose to him at Wimbledon. They were matched up again at the US Open, with Alcaraz taking the crown. Sinner is 24 and Alcaraz 22. If they stay healthy, these two superb players will be providing tennis fans with about 15 more years of great tennis.
8. Do you think the term “cul de sac” is actually French? I don’t remember that phrase from the 4 years of French I had in high school. Of course, I can barely remember that I TOOK 4 years of French in high school! It has been 57 years since I graduated from good old Somerville High School – SHS, we are the best! Pioneers forever!
9. I can’t seem to open anything these days – bottles and wrapped food seem impenetrable to me. When the package claims it is “Easy to open,” I know I’m in trouble. A wrench, pliers, bottle openers, rubber thingys – nothing seems to help. I’m losing my competence and confidence at the same time!
10. I love to watch food shows on TV, whether they feature competitions or highlight specific chefs at restaurants, diners, drive-ins and dives. I find it fascinating that chefs can take random ingredients and, using their culinary know-how, create mouth-watering dishes. The only drawback of these shows is that I can’t TASTE the food. I wish I had a fork and a way to grab a bite of these delicious-looking concoctions.
11. As I said, I love the food shows, but the Halloween baking shows with scary and spooky cakes are not my thing. I’m already scared by the thought of the calories these concoctions carry!
12. My credit card was "compromised" recently so I had to notify the credit card company so they could send me a new one. The new one doesn’t expire until 2030. Let’s hope I don’t expire before the card does! And what a pain! I had to try to recall all of the subscriptions, etc., that bill directly to that card, including EZPass, Norton, Sirius radio, Microsoft, media and newspapers and so on. Our technology is wonderful – except when it isn’t.
13. I had a RING camera installed at my front door. The thing works fine, except that it gets all excited when the lawn service guy rides by on the mower. It can’t wait to let me know there is someone at my door – repeatedly! Thank God I figured out how to turn off the audio!
14. Sometimes it pays to be a hoarder. I always stashed away most of the clothes I outgrew, thinking that someday I might fit into them again. After a considerable weight loss this year, I have gone shopping in the bins in the basement where jeans of every size have sat patiently waiting for an eventual reunion, and that time is now. (Classic jeans don’t go out of style, right?) But will I store the jeans that are too large in case I need them again in the future – God forbid? Who knows? I have already traipsed to Good Will several times to donate some of the clothes – even things that now fit but which I know I won’t wear again. Even things that I never wore and still have the tags on. But the rest can relax until I make up my mind. I’m just glad I kept the stuff I didn’t think I would ever be able to wear again!
15. I’m going to be 75 in October (even I can’t believe it), but I still have a collection of baseball caps and sweatshirts that I don’t recall my mother wearing when she hit 70, so I really don’t look or feel my age. Except that body parts are failing (hence my left knee replacement in May with the right knee replacement looming) and my hair is no longer thick and full. I have less hair on my head and more on my chin, and I object to this age-related transition. I also object to hearing the phrase, “Considering your age…” from doctors who want us to just accept that we are getting older. Aging isn’t easy, but it beats the alternative!
16. After a year apart, a knee replacement for each of us and various health challenges that made a get-together impossible, reuniting with my BFF this month was especially sweet. We have been friends since the first day of our freshman year at Douglass, 57 years and counting, and except for during the pandemic, we have never gone this long without seeing each other. I took my new knee to the highway and headed her way, arriving stiff but intact 4 hours later. Seeing her was well worth the trip.
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