Snowflake

When I was in Florida, I learned a new term. For years I have known the term "Snowbird". It means someone who spends the summers in New York and flies to Florida for the winter to avoid the cold weather. Last week I was called a "Snowflake". A snowflake is someone who visits a snowbird. I thought it was a cute expression. I am now a daughter, sister, wife, mother, grandmother and snowflake. I guess I wear many hats.

Party Day

Today most of my family will be going to a party. I will be at a bridal shower for one of my young doctors. My sister will be at her friend's 60th birthday celebration. My parents will be at the end of the year Snowbird's club luncheon. In all of our years we have never had a day when each person was going to a different party. The events represent life cycles. Beginning for a bride, middle for middle age birthday and end for a conclusion of a season.

Great Deal

I received a coupon in the mail yesterday from a local computer store. There were three free offers on it. Two offers were for flash drives and one was for an Android Tablet. With the coupon, the tablet was $19.99. At first I thought it said $199, as tablets are not cheap. I went to the store and showed an associate the coupon. He went into the stock room and came out with a box. It contained the Android Tablet. I always wanted one, but never actually looked into it. I purchased it for $19.99 and added a 3 year warranty for $3.99. I took it home and opened it up. I had no idea how to use it. I called my son and went to his house for a lesson. Now I am somewhat educated on it. I love it!

Think Alike

When I first started lecturing for the New York Public Library, I offered one topic. The subject was "Your Journey To Self Awareness". Since then, I have offered 14 more topics. The individual branches make their choices and then the main branch notifies me. For the past few years, the branches have chosen the same four topics. Bear in mind, that each branch does not know what the others choose as each one has a separate librarian. This week I was notified that three libraries want me to lecture. One in Staten Island, one on the upper east side of Manhattan and one on the upper west side of Manhattan. For some strange reason, all three have chosen my original topic of self awareness. What are the odds of that?

Meat Locker

I feel like I am living in a meat locker. For the past two days it has been brutally cold outside. They say that as you get older, you get colder. Your blood thins out so you feel chilled. This cold has nothing to do with age. The low temperatures added to the high winds has created an unusually cold climate. It is the end of March and we have been through enough. I have worn the same black sweater over my regular top for three days now. It is getting to look like a uniform.

Bad Prediction

I woke up this morning and looked out of my window to see the big snow storm. A few days ago a major storm was predicted. Then it was downgraded to a few inches. It turned out to be nothing at all. It is already Spring. If there is a snow storm in sight, please do not tell me. I have had enough "storm tracking" for the year. Let me find out about accumulations the old fashioned way, by opening my window shades and peeping out.

New Career

This afternoon, in work, we are having a going away party. One of our interns has completed a year at our facility and is moving on. He was an unlikely candidate from the beginning. He is 40 years old and a cameraman for movies and commercials. He decided he wanted to become a psychologist and realized that in order to get into graduate school he needed some experience on his resume. By chance, he met my director at a convention and asked if he could volunteer as a research assistant. We love free help! He started as the "new guy" and ended up as the supervisor of all of the interns. He became the one in charge of people that had a higher education and experience level. Some people disliked him for that. He applied for graduate school and because volunteering at my office holds a lot of weight in the psychology world, he got into his school of choice, in a program that limits its candidates to 30 students. This just goes to show what hard work and persistence can do.