It may take a while, but I think I can manage the legacy writing entries in such a way to finish the year on time after my week-plus away. This matters to no one but me, I know, but as an Aries who’s worked hard to refute the image of us as “great starters; poor finishers,” I do try to follow through on these tasks I set for myself. Plus I enjoy writing about the people and places I remember, so it’s not exactly a burden to me to catch up.
Some of my favorite memories are from nights around the table playing progressive rummy, first with Lynne’s aunts and cousins, when we’d be using so many decks that I’d have to run to a separate table to splay out my cards and figure out what I could play. After Tom and I moved to Houston, we’d play game after game with Lynne and Craig on the weekends, inviting in anyone else who dropped by their house. We would fortify ourselves with oldies on the radio, pots of coffee, and lots of cussing.
To this day, I keep a notebook with the running scores of games we play at our house with Lynne and her family, and a separate legal pad for the games my sister plays when she’s visiting Houston.
Debby knows it’s inevitable that the cards will come out sooner or later, and she always greets their appearance with dramatic moans and teeth gnashing. We were able to squeeze in three games Thursday night–Tim won the first two. Then, in spite of all my best efforts to mis-add her score, the outcome of the third game led to her suggestion that I shoot a photo for posterity. (Lowest number of points wins.)
Just wait’ll next time…
As I always said, being able to add is not one of the requirements for being a writer.
That is SO TRUE. Especially since software will even do my word counts for me.
hopefully putting on your “game face” helped all of you. The competition always takes over!
It is a good distraction.
I don’t know how to play a single card game – except snap!
Sad, but true.