Call or email my sister at least once every two weeks

"Do Unto Others" item number five was to call or email my sister at least once every two weeks. After quite a lot of trying and hearing nothing in return, I've given up. If she wants to contact me, she's free to do so. Anyway, I have my own issues to worry about and I can't deal with the stress of hers, as well. She was on the right track but now she's gone back to handling everything poorly. She's going to drive me crazy if I don't distance myself a little bit.

Keeping Up With Gramma

"Do Unto Others" item number seven was to call, email or IM my gramma at least once a week after I moved to Idaho. I did keep that up (easily!) while I was in Idaho, but ... now I've moved back to New York. So I'm updating that goal and now the plan is to stop by her house and spend some time with her at least once every two weeks.

Edit: I got into a serious funk and didn't go see gramma for more than a whole month. I'm still going to keep visiting her as often as I can but it's not going to count for this anymore.

Encouraging notes

"Do Unto Others" item number two is to leave an encouraging note in a public place once a week for people to randomly find. I thought it'd be interesting to keep track of exactly where I leave them. So ... that's what this post is for!


2008
03/05-03/11 - under a package of English muffins in a Stewart's
03/12-03/18 - in a WIC pamphlet at the mental health office
03/19-03/25 - in the center page of a used copy of The Night Listener
03/26-04/01 - in the drinks/appetizers/desserts booklet on the table at Chili's
04/02-04/08 - under my receipt at Applebee's
04/09-04/15 - on top of the toilet paper dispenser in the Applebee's restroom
04/16-04/22 - in the luggage storage racks on the train from Chicago to Spokane
04/23-04/29 - in a day planner at the dollar store
04/30-05/06 - among the Starburst at the gas station
05/07-05/13 - under someone's back windshield wiper
05/14-05/20 - in an outgoing mailbox
05/21-05/27 - on the pillow at a Comfort Inn in Idaho
05/28-06/03 - on the table at Cracker Barrel
06/04-06/10 - under the pepper shaker at Grandma's Restaurant
06/11-06/17 - on a table in the theater cafe at the mall
06/18-06/24 - next to a neighbor's mailbox
06/25-07/01 - near another neighbor's mailbox
07/02-07/08 - in a McDonald's parking lot
07/09-07/15 - under someone's windshield wiper
07/16-07/22 - under the salt and pepper shakers at the Catskill diner
07/23-07/29 - under the salt and pepper shakers at the Catskill diner again
07/30-08/05 - on the table at Pizza Hut
08/06-08/12 - in the pamphlet stand at the mental health clinic
08/13-08/19 - under the edge of a handicap sign at the mental health clinic
08/20-08/26 - in a Burger King parking lot
08/27-09/02 - between sheets of card stock in a craft store


Edit: I got into a serious funk and stopped caring enough to leave notes, even when I could manage to make myself get out of the house. I'm going to keep leaving notes here and there until I run out of the 143 index cards that I prepared but it's not going to count for this anymore.