It seems when I'm not worrying about one thing, I'm worrying about another. Right now, I'm worrying about time. I don't know about you, but I think I'm running out of it.
Every so often, I actually sit down and pick up a genealogy magazine and skim through it. I have a foot-high basket to choose from. Looking through these magazines really wears me out. There are so many new ones, not to mention new books, new software, new Web sites. Geez - I haven't had the time to read the old material, load the old software, access the old Web sites. Sigh! Some day . . . .
A relative just sent me via e-mail a 66-page pedigree chart of my WINTERS family. Looking at it all gave me a headache. I now need to find a place to put it so I'll be sure to find it when I look for it again - quite the challenge. Some day, I will need to integrate the information into my surname notebooks and computer files - some day.
You must appreciate that I have a room full of this kind of data - from single pieces of information to entire family files. I began serious family history research in 1985 - that's 15 years of material piled on shelves of floor-to-ceiling bookcases and stored in filing cabinets and boxes - 15 years of photographs in shoe boxes - 15 years of books and periodicals - 15 years of . . . . some day.
The other day I read something that reminded me of my research room. I've changed the focus somewhat to make it more apropos -
"At the threshold of something we have never seen before, we always pause a moment before opening the door. There's a quiet thrill in knowing you are about to enter new territory - a world where the familiar, strange, and magical will come together in ways you have yet to fully imagine."
Well, maybe . . . . some day.
In my house, if it weren't for some day, nothing would ever get done. I suppose the trick is to turn that "some day" into "to-day."
Maybe I will . . . . some day.
Originally written in the Spring of 2000. The 15 years of material has now escalated to 23, and "some day" has yet to become "to-day."
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