# I finally mailed my Mother's Day card. But I am NOT a procrastinator. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-mailed-my-mothers-day-card-but-i-am-not-a-procrastinator/249260 "2004-06-08T11:37:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-mailed-my-mothers-day-card-but-i-am-not-a-procrastinator/249260/1 "2004-06-08T11:37:19Z")
Nope. Already sent her one, and she did receive it before Mother’s Day. But the one I just mailed is the FIRST one I bought back in April, and put in a safe place so I wouldn’t lose it. Guess what? I couldn’t remember where I stashed it for safety, so had to purchase another one. I was just cleaning out my file cabinet, and found the card in between two folders, where it had migrated from the front of the drawer where I now remember stashing it. In all honesty the second one was prettier, but I still feel obligated to send this one. And yes, I did consider saving this one for next year, but apart from the fact it may get damaged in the meantime, I would again stash it so safely I wouldn’t find it until Labor Day next year. At least mom will be surprised. Pleasantly, I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Chairman\_Pow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Chairman\_Pow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chairman_Pow)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-mailed-my-mothers-day-card-but-i-am-not-a-procrastinator/249260/2 "2004-06-08T13:18:50Z")
If you really loved her, you’d send one for _two_ years from now. ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-mailed-my-mothers-day-card-but-i-am-not-a-procrastinator/249260/3 "2004-06-08T13:49:47Z")
Heh. If there was a chance you’d remember where the heck you’d put it, I’d say you should have held onto it and given it to her next year! ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-finally-mailed-my-mothers-day-card-but-i-am-not-a-procrastinator/249260/4 "2004-06-08T17:14:27Z")
So it’s better to be a scatterbrain than a procrastinator? 🙂