Observe…a simple purse…
Take a peek inside…
What’s the big deal, you may wonder. You carry a few pens with you whereever you go.
Sure you do. Everyone does.
But, do you have the assortment that I do?
One quick trip to Office Depot resulted in the purchase of twenty new pens, which I just cannot be apart from. When I added them to the highlighters that I use when I grade and the mechanical pencils that I also like to keep on hand…well…it’s almost embarrassing…
I could justify my odd behavior by saying that I am a teacher and must be prepared.
I actually think I harbor a secret fear…
That of not being able to find a pen when I need it.
When I’m out and about and need pens for anything, I refuse to use the ones that store clerks offer. Their pens are germ-laden, and I just want to gag when I think of how many people’s hands have held them.
And so I continue to accumulate writing utensils.
I checked to see if there was a word that means “fear of running out of pens.”
There’s not.
Using my knowledge of Greek and Latin suffixes and prefixes, I have hereby made up a new word:
Hydrographophobia
My students would be so proud.
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