I've turned into my mother

As I set up my calendar for 2011, I thought about transferring over all the birthdays I wrote down on the 2010 one. After skimming through the calendar, I put the pen down and hung up the calendar without any birthdays or anniversaries

There are just too many birthdays and anniversaries at this point. Now there are babies galore and many due dates in 2011. It's impossible to keep track of everything. So I decided, there will probably be no cards in 2011 unless you're lucky and I remember. A phone call is a bit easier than finding a card and a stamp.

Actually, it started in 2010. Did you notice you didn't receive a Christmas card from us? I was torn between photo and regular and then felt like all we do in our hustle bustle lives is plop a card in an envelope and it's done. What happened to personalized messages in Christmas cards? I used to spend days writing out messages. I even received a card this year that wasn't signed. It's amazing how nice a hand written message is these days. We got maybe 3 cards with that.

So in my ripe age of 29 and 11/12ths I realize that my mother was not a grinch all of these years. My sister and I used to give her crap for never sending cards. I get it now and think I may be my mother this year. No cards unless the mood hits me or you invite me to a birthday party.

The ironic part- I am the head of the party planning committee for my team at school which means I'm in charge of getting cards. Ha ha.

I expect to receive zero cards this year after this post. Instead, I'll wait for your phone call on January 29th :)

Maybe when I'm a stay at home mom I'll be more aware of birthdays and other important dates. Until then, don't take it personally if you don't hear from me on your special day. Blame my mother. She taught me well. Just kidding! My mother has actually gotten better about sending cards, or at least to me, recently.