Today Mrs. Henley needed an emergency bathroom break during a hand of poker at the Birch Street Nursing Home. She was taking longer than usual, and the other patients got antsy, so I asked them what their New Year's resolutions are for this year. Mrs. Kunkle was the first to answer. She said that this year she is determined to make fewer rounds touching all the windows and light switches in the Birch Street Nursing Home. Mrs. Patterson then said this is the year that she will finally catch Mrs. Shimshack and have her arrested for stealing her few belongings. Mr. Tanaka started to say something, but Mrs. Patterson was not done talking about Mrs. Shimshack. Soon she worked herself into a state, and I knew it would do no good to remind her that Mrs. Shimshack has been dead for years. In fact, she didn't calm down until Mrs. Henley came back from the bathroom and the poker hand resumed. The others never got a chance to say what their resolutions are.
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