Deadlines

Isn’t deadline the most frightening word?  I practically broke out in hives titling this post.   We all face deadlines.  They are a fact of life.  The deadline for registering for the reunion is August 7^th.  After that date, I have many reunion related deadlines to meet – the deadline for sending lists to Webb, the deadline for setting numbers and finalizing details at Gettysvue, deadlines for planning our entertainment…deadline after deadline after deadline.

I had hoped that if I continued to use the word “deadline” over and over, it would get less scary - sort of like how Harry Potter insists that saying “Voldemort” instead of "He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" makes him less scary.  I am not finding this technique very effective; maybe I need a wand and 7 bestsellers + 8 blockbusters to help me out. 

With deadlines on my mind, I have to laugh at all this discussion over the debt ceiling stalemate.  Granted, our economy isn’t funny.  But Jon Stewart is always good for a laugh.

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Regular citizens don’t get the same kind of extensions do we?  Yesterday, I went to early vote.  I have yet to hear of late voting.   Have you?  And what would that look like with hindsight being 20/20?  In honor of regular citizens and early voting, why don’t you register early?  Otherwise, I might send Lord Voldemort your way…