January Jinx

This early in the year, before the new dairy becomes noiseless, I frequently slip up and this year is no different. Yesterday I woke up with a nagging feeling. A feeling that constantly chipped away at my (generally serene) consciousness, suggesting that I forgot to make a note in my dairy. It was about a promise made to somebody and the delivery date was Monday January 11th. Every time I grasped it, it slipped away. What a frustration!!

I do not do frustration very well and will do almost anything to avoid this feeling. So, what I did instead was to collect all the objects in my house that didn't belong to me. Stuff that had to be returned to their original owners. I am sure that a lot of my possessions were left behind after a visit over the Xmas period. I set out to return these and during one of these trips, a visitor arrived at my home. This was obviously the missing link.

Now I sit with a compounded problem. I don't know who this mystery visitor was. All I know is that a book of mine was returned. The title of the book is Married to a Bedouin. Perhaps a promise was made and delivered and that should be the end of that. On the other hand, perhaps not.

If you were that mystery guest, please forgive me.