that was a first

my pen ran out of ink a few minutes ago. i tried scribbling for a while, trying to resuscitate it, and got a few extra pages out of it. then it died again, only this time, there was no bringing it back. i casually picked it up, and as i let it drop into my trash bin, i realized i had no memory of ever throwing a pen away before. could i have possibly gone 26 years without throwing a pen away? surely i'd done this before. i think i may have had mass burials for the drawer full of pens that were dead. in fact, i'm sure i've done that a few times, but i'm equally sure i've never thrown an individual pen away. 26 years and life can still suprise you.