A couple of thoughts...

While I'm thinking about this, and before I go to eat dinner and possibly make oatmeal cookies, I'm just going to write a few things down.

I guess I've never really been one for surprises. Sure, they can be nice, but I hate knowing that someone has a surprise for me. Anyway, maybe that clouds my opinion here... but really, I hate it when someone drops in unannounced. Not just anyone, but one particular person, Sd, who decides that if I haven't picked up the phone when they've called 4 times in the last 10 minutes, then they're just going to come by and visit. It's a bit creepy, actually, how much he can't take a hint. Not just with the phone thing, but with me making it pretty clear that I had other things to do. But, unfortunately, I was brought up to be polite, so I let my unexpected visitor come in for a quick cup of tea. Then I said I was going to the post... and he followed me to the post office. I said for gim not to, but he did. And when I asked where he was going, after the turn-off to his house, he answered that he was just going for a walk. And when the rest of the walk to the post office continued in silence, he still didn't get the hint. Then he waited for me outside while I was in there, and then, I said I was going to buy a winter coat and it would be boring for him, and he FINALLY left.

Needless to say, I didn't buy a winter coat. I went into H&M for long enough to be polite, and then walked home. But honestly, how insistent do I need to be, in order to shake off unwanted company? I would never just show up at someone's house and stick around when they were making it perfectly clear that I was unwelcome. I don't feel like I have the right to infringe on other people's time when they clearly have other things to be doing. Besides which, I'm still angry at him because I think he's gone nuts, and I think he's unappreciative of all the other things that people do for them. Grrrr.

I think I'm just going to stop answering the doorbell. Let the neighbours take the post - I'll get my books in a few days. It's not worth the risk of trying to shake off the clingiest visitor that I've ever encountered.