Finish writing thank-you notes

I’ve handwritten all the thank-you notes to my former co-workers & mailed them off before driving down to Texas. Hopefully, they’ll receive them by Monday. In addition, I’ve left wallet-sized photos from my farewell dinner.

Each note had something personal about each person; I had to sit back & think of something nice or sweet to say about them. :)

SO worth it.

I’ll never get them done. Just like a graduation, a wedding, and every other important milestone in my life, I’ve got to get into the habit of sending thank-you notes / cards for those events. They also remind friends and families that you don’t take them for granted and you truly appreciate the gift and thoughtfulness for their deeds.

Thank you notes are really fun to receive and it’s the perfect oppurtunity to show how nuch thought you have. I think I am going to buy some cute little thank-you cards today…....

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.

It took pretty much all day, but I’ve finished writing thank you notes to everyone who needed to be thanked after our engagement party last weekend.

When it comes to our wedding we’re going to send thank you postcards from various spots on our honeymoon. That seems a much more fun idea – and something different to what people normally receive.

We have a new daughter, and people sent gifts and helped out. Gotta write those notes.