How long will it take you to start writing the year as 2105 automatically?
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
It takes me longer to remember every year.
Since I have retired, I am frequently in blissful ignorance of what day it is. I have to look at my phone to figure out what day, what's on my schedule, where I am supposed to be when. Since I got my new phone, I use Siri to schedule everything. It is easy and efficient. But the year, now that's another can of worms. Since the advent of the debit card and online banking, I almost never have to write a check and that was the easiest way to ingrain the new date into my brain. I wrote checks for the bills, and by the end of January, I was aligned with the new year. I don't write 10 checks a year now so that's out. I wonder how long it will take for me to make the change. How about you?
This year was not the worst in my life, but I am glad to see the end of it anyway. I am looking forward to something new, something different in the future but I have no idea what it may be. As I reflected on the past year, I realized things happened that now seem like they were years ago instead of months. Time stretches in funny ways. Razzle and I face forward (or as Animal News says "Furward") with hope and trepidation. We send out best wishes to you all for the new year.