I'm having fun with my address book, my organizational skills have been pretty slapdash in the past but in this day and age there's just no excuse. There's a program out there for anyone who wants to find a way to streamline their life. On the other hand, not everyone sits in front of the computer for a certain period of time every day, so allowances have to be made for those poor souls.
We had a lovely day continuing with our Christmas phone calls. Bill Lanoue in Fulton, NY called us because he has unlimited minutes, we've talked to him before, he's become quite a good friend over the last couple of years. We called Michael Harding in Black Rock, Victoria, Australia. What a nice guy! Witty, quick and funny. We found out he's a retired academic (of some kind) and a compulsive learner, just like us! We also called Betty Bighorse in Cameron, TX. She's the widow of an ezine reader, Joe Bighorse, that Don met and visited several years ago. Just talked to Jerry Fox in Dryden, MI, a reader who's become a reliable email buddy and a good friend too. That's it for today, we have a couple more friends to visit with, it's just a matter of logistics.
Isn't it odd? Michael was remarking that Internet friendships are different, perhaps you get more "friendship" accomplished in a shorter period of time. It's struck us that way before, too. Just connecting with people by telephone has been a little difficult, but we were able to email several times back and forth to find a time that was mutually convenient. In other words, the emails were MUCH more convenient than a telephone. Each person was able to find snippets of time in their busy day to get their correspondence done at their own pace, and yet the flow of information turned but to be much quicker and more reliable. Although I really like her, I haven't talked to my neighbor Barbara across the street more than three times in a month, we're always busy and rushing here and there. I know I wouldn't take the time to sit and schmooze with her for several hours, but if she were interested I'd email several times a week. The same holds true for other friends of ours.
I'm hoping you like to email when we send your computer. If any relative got a real letter from you asking "Whatzup?" they would call you immediately, assuming you had a terminal condition and were trying to connect with all your friends and relatives. I hope to change this, you claim to be an excellent typist, you're just convinced you have nothing to say. That's all right, that's what I thought, too.
Have you ever gone into business with anyone cleaning? A couple of times, when people call me to take a cleaning job and I can't do it, Don's suggested I go into business with someone (or several someones) to spread the load and to get more people more work. I can't think of anything more annoying. I can count on myself, other people are a different matter. As soon as you're looking at someone else, as a partner or an employee, you're dealing with another person who is not yourself and by definition, flawed in some fundamental way *smile*. The first time someone calls in drunk or stupid and I have to clean 3 houses in one day, I would not only fire them, I would---well, I can't even think of anything bad enough.
We've been lazing around, eating leftovers, calling friends and reflecting on our lives. It's so good, it's scary.
Lisa
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