DISCLAIMER: This post could be a little whiny, and 'woe is me', but to those who know me well, well, you know....
A Small White Blanket
Today I awoke to the sound of clanking metal. Once I found the origin of the sound outside my window I took my fingers and placed them inside our hanging plastic blinds, and opened them to find outside our quite large window a white substance falling from the sky which some call snow. Now, I've never seen snow before and I must admit it is quite delightful. Yet my day did not go as planned, and I'm kind of wondering now why I was so hopeful this morning, seeing as unlike the snow, my week has not been very delightful.
Treacherous Sidewalks
This morning I had a meeting scheduled with my editor at The Baptist Press. I had my reservations about this meeting because of the snow, my often failing sense of direction, and the fact that I had to walk clear across town alone. After I had walked clear outside the apartment wearing my snow boots, that quite frankly seemed unnecessary and a little cumbersome, and my knee-length down feathered gray coat, I walked back in to my apartment forgetting something. A few minutes later after deciding to walk back out I received a phone call and email from my editor, which both entailed the snow covered and treacherous sidewalks of DC; we decided to reschedule. Something the email did not explain to me was that my editor's train had been an hour late, and he had slipped walking among the treacherous, snow laden sidewalks of DC.
Physiological Contact
Considering the fact that my computer has been stolen, TSA is unresponsive, and I have not yet received a replacement or loaner computer, my evenings are quite dull. They consist of actually making eye to eye contact and deep conversation with my fellow human beings in this program; leading to moments of intense awkwardness. These moments happen quite often. When everyone else is done talking they sit, staring at their computer screens typing away, scrolling, Skyping, and I'm left listening to Pandora on my phone, playing with my phone, or making actual phone calls in which I have to talk. Also, on Tuesday after watching an episode of the hit children's show 'Victorious' on my IPhone my headphones caught a concussion. This horrible condition of my headphones left me sitting in various parts of our apartment cuddled with my IPhone holding the headphone cord in about 100 different positions in order to get just one word, melody, or phrase of a show or song out.
Mother Nature
The weather was quite chill this week despite the snow, and with the full force of 12 degree winds I was lucky enough to find myself with a case of dry eye. This condition allowed me to blink so hard it looked like I had a nervous twitch at our first Family Night Dinner. Side note: This dinner consists of good food, mentors, and the families of each person on staff. Yet, gradually the temperature rose this week as I had less and less to do, and or less and less money to spend, leaving me possibly having a small brown bag of Quaker's Instant oatmeal, toast, and water for dinner.
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