I'll admit I've been slow to get into the holiday spirit this year. The pace at work has been unrelenting, and we keep having waves of sickness wash through our household. In an attempt to get a little more with the program, I decided to start working on sending out holiday cards. That's when I made an important discovery:
My holiday cards had gone missing.
Well, okay, there were about five left in a box that I opened last year. But I distinctly remember buying a new box of cards after Christmas last year, in preparation for this year's card-sending. I bought said box of cards because I had the exact same problem last year of looking for holiday cards to send and coming up short.
So, this year, some people will receive fairly traditional looking holiday cards. Others will receive blank cards that I ordered from Shutterfly with a photo of Apamea that I took back in 2004. I'm hoping the recipients of the Apamea cards will find them charming, or at worst, mildly idiosyncratic, rather than wondering if I've completely lost it. People for whom I am just now getting an address may receive either an Apamea card or a yet-to-be-purchased holiday card from the supermarket. Maybe next year will be the year when I put antlers on the cat, take a picture of her, and order a bunch of custom holiday cards from Shutterfly right before the card bonanza begins.
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