never been known for my patience

I'm going away for a 4/3 day weekend today. For me this always involves more than just packing clothes. I always have a few slabs and raw coins lying around that haven't made it to the bank box yet. This means I must come up with a very clever "stashing place" or take time to pack them up and head to the bank.

This break from the grind comes at a great time. I usually undergo a bit of a bluesy feeling this time of year....grey and cold, no sailing, no fishing, no gardening...this also is when I become more involved with my coin collecting again.

The year-end registry awards are approaching so I've been taking some time upgrading pictures, writing descriptions, filling a few holes/slots....generally sprucing up my sets. I've also been anxiously awaiting the return of my submission.

It has been a while between submissions for me and I had forgotten how obsessed I get. I checked daily when I mailed my 21 coins to see if they arrived safely----then checking to see if they were scheduled to be graded----and on and on. Today makes exactly 10 days but only 8 business days since they were received, yet with my issues of impatience I want them back yesterday !! I also know that registered mail takes longer so it may be a week or two to get them once they've shipped.....

Well I just thought I'd share a bit of my mild insanity, I'm sure there might be a couple of you out there who can relate to this anxiousness. We're probably the same kids who were nuts the week before Christmas, seeing the presents under the tree and crossing off days on the calendar--counting down until we could rip those packages open.............except in this case the package is a brown rectangular box with USPS registered mail on it...

a nice little dime I've picked up...fits both the sailing themed set and my slowly building Canadian dime set