Oh-Six!

Where is everyone going? Today I saw people leaving their apartments with suitcases. Is everyone already going on spring break, or is Chi-town not the place to be right now? Aaah but I am stuck here in the freezing tundra...however it did rain today, another sign of spring? I do hope!

Well another year has gone by and we are onto 06. At the stroke of midnight January 1, 2006 I was counting money. A good sign? Let’s hope, because just a few hours thereafter I got an unexpected visit from Aunt Flo. Whatever does that mean? Oh sorry, I think I just TMI-ed you all! Whatever! Happy New Year! But sadly I am not feeling strong about 06. I feel strong about 07, not 06; this worries me. I think it’s just that I don’t like the number 6 and I love the number 7. I do get the weirdest notions stuck in my head…which leads me to another anecdote…

What is my New Year's Resolution, you wonder? Okay I don’t really do these things, but after being asked the resolution question one too many times I decided I should indeed make a resolution. So I decided 2006 is the year that I no longer pick up pennies and will not feel guilty about not doing so. For what seems like forever I have picked up random pennies on the sidewalk, in restaurants, even, gulp, in public restrooms! I have held onto the idea that ignoring a penny is disrespecting the government, disrespecting financial responsibility and, even disrespecting God… I have often found myself stopping in the middle of busy intersections to snatch up a penny, sticking my fingers in the muck of a Boystown sidewalk for the brassy coin and balancing shopping bags, my phone and purse all so I can feel like a good person and get that penny!

But this habit of mine, or actually obsession is gross, and unhealthy, physically and mentally, I think…so there you have it I am no longer going to be grasping for that loose penny! Wow it feels good just thinking about it.