Grandma's Favorite

When we packed for our last overseas move there were several things we couldn’t bring. Food wasn’t allowed; not even the contents of our salt and pepper shakers. We couldn’t pack any animal products, so wax candles and crayons were out. We couldn’t bring batteries of any kind. That meant we had to remove and toss the batteries from our pencil sharpener, our flashlights, and all our clocks. It was pretty much the same story with the things we left in storage while we were gone: no batteries of any kind. In March of 2012, when our boxes arrived from overseas and from the storage unit, we dropped a good deal of cash replacing all those batteries. That was precisely 193 weeks ago. Over the past seven days, I’ve had to replace every single one of those clock batteries. Again. Because apparently 193 weeks is exactly how long it takes for a clock battery to wear out.