Perpetual Ruminations

Mistaken Identity

We had a beautiful sunset this evening, vivid reds, pinks, and purples shot out from the horizon and reflected off the crystal white snow. I had the dogs out and didn't even think about taking a picture until after I brought them back in. But by the time I gave them treats, grabbed my phone, and went back out, the sun had dropped below the horizon and only shades of gray remained.

I heard from a few people in the area that this last storm dropped about twenty-seven inches of snow over two days. Luckily, over half of it melted as it came down, and tonight we have about four to six inches left with some bare spots already opening up. I shoveled the end of the drive way out this afternoon, and boy was it heavy; more slush than snow.

I also had a visitor stop by for a while this afternoon. She knocked and I had no idea who it was. She seemed to know me, mentioned that she hadn't talked to me since last fall, and decided she would stop by and say hi. Being polite, I asked her in, offered coffee and visited with her as I tried to remember who this was.

I'm terrible at remembering names, so that part didn't surprise me. However, even if I don't recall the name, I usually recognize the person unless I only met them once and for a short time. But, I didn't remember this person at all and finally said, "I'm sorry, but I can't for the life of me, remember your name."

"Really! It's Audrey. Remember, I was at the family reunion last fall."

I felt bad, but not because I didn't remember Audrey, I felt bad because I didn't have a family reunion last fall. Then it struck me, our neighbor had his family reunion last fall. I explained this, she looked confused, then turned redder than this evenings sunset, and apologized. She had the wrong address but was close, Steve lives in the next house over. No matter, it was a nice visit even if I didn't know half of what she was talking about.