Growing old has its moments. Like when you walk into the kitchen and wonder why you're there. I did that once in a one-room 20x24 cabin. You wonder why you're there and then wonder if this is the first sign. Another one, especially for somebody who thinks he's a writer is forgetting a word, unable to find the word you want that's perfect for the phrase you just wrote, only you have to leave a blank space or a bunch of Xes or dots hoping the word will come to you later. I know there are blank spaces on this blog where I hoped to recall the word but moved on to the next subject and never fixed it. One of the most aggravating is when you are working and set a tool down and then can't find it the next time you need it even it's only been a few minutes. The point is, every time some little thing like this happens you immediately panic at another sign of losing it to old age.
All that leads to what would have been the most expensive one I've ever had to date. It came up last week as I was ordering some DVDs to take to the cabin this year. I realized I was running out of time for anything to be delivered before I left. So, I got on Amazon and ordered the next three seasons of Game of Thrones along with some others. I never received a "your purchase has been shipped message" so I looked it up yesterday and it had turned out Amazon held up the shipment because one of the three was out of stock. They said they would ship by December 28 which is about a month too late. If the Post Office didn't return the package my videos would be here for me in April.
Ordering somewhere else is out of the question as nobody would deliver in the next four days. As I thought through it, I expected to have to look for them while I shopped for all the rest of the stuff I was taking. I don't know of anybody who searched for Game of Thrones DVD's, but my experience has been stores have a few seasons but are out of the ones I want. Every damned time! So I began the process of preparing my mind for not having the next three seasons of Thrones this winter.
However, as all this was going through my mind while I planned my shopping over the next week and part of that was making sure I had noted things I had bought earlier this year. I have a habit of seeing something on my lists in a store and buying it to be tucked away until time to pack. That's when it crossed my mind that I had seen the cover of a Thrones season package. I think seeing one while I swore at Amazon tickled the memory
It took another day of that thought bouncing around in there to realize I might have bought those already. I fought the thought as false optimism for another day. As the fantasy progressed toward reality I finally decided to look so I opened one of the partially packed totes in the living room. There, underneath a bunch of socks, several books, some fittings for my propane lines, other DVDs and a box of lens wipes, there they were: all three seasons. What a relief. My winter was saved. A bigger relief occurred to me when I realized this forgetfulness could have cost me $100 or more.
So, I now have to add a new action to the supply gathering process; I need to leave early purchases in plain sight. Incidentally that box of lens wipes was another thing on my list to buy that I already had picked up. And now I have to worry if I've turned another corner. Probably next year when I go to view the last two Game of Thrones seasons, I'll mistake them for videos of a family reunion.
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