Finish writing thank-you notes

After I finished my dissertation and got my Ph.D., I sent thank you notes to my adviser and to the friends and relatives who sent me gifts or helped me through—except for one aunt (whom I seldom see) who gave me a nice gift two months after the fact, when my flurry of note-writing had subsided and I was packing to move. So I owe her a note. And I would also like to thank two of my undergraduate professors who helped guide me into the great field of history in the first place. I also owe a letter to my grandmother. I think I’m going to take care of all this today, even if some of the grading I’m planning to spend the day on doesn’t get done.