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All I can think about right now is time. My work schedule has been completely thrown off not just by the Labor Day holiday—not something I’m complaining about—but I was also sick last week—something I’m complaining about—which meant taking some time off from work—not something I’m complaining about. Also a large branch of a very large, very old hackberry tree next to our driveway fell in our neighbor’s front yard. It took out a power line which caused a small fire in one of the transformers at the street, and knocked out my neighbor’s electricity and internet for more than a day. Still it could have been worse. The branch didn’t hit their house or their cars, and it finally pushed us to have the tree cut down, which we should have done years ago but kept putting it off. So that’s something I have mixed feelings about.
This morning getting ready for work, putting on a shirt with buttons for the first time in ten days, I had to snap out of the hazy reverie of not being quite awake yet and remind myself that in order to be at work on time I had to be present. It didn’t help that last night, or early this morning, I dreamed I was driving to work and realized I’d forgotten my lunch. And my laptop. And Nelson the aardvark. I don’t normally carpool with aardvarks—I wish I did because they’re the funniest animals I can think of—but this was a dream.
On my real drive to work there was a long stretch where I had to drive slowly because I was staring directly into the sun. The car visor wasn’t low enough to block it and while my sunglasses helped what I really needed was the sun to be in a completely different location. And it will be, eventually, as the Earth’s orbit creates the analemma.
Now at work I’m mostly occupied with setting up reminders for changes that will take effect in January 2025. While doing that I feel like I’m living in the future, preparing for something that won’t really happen for five months. That also seems so distant right now but, from past experience, I think when it finally arrives it will seem like the time went by in a flash.
Even though I crept along to work this morning I still managed to arrive at the office so early the building was locked. So I took a walk around the neighborhood. It was cool and nice so that’s something I’m not going to complain about.
Here’s the troublesome, soon-to-be-gone tree:
My time is always well spent here, Chris, and regards to Nelson the aardvark.
I’m happy to report that Nelson the aardvark is happy to hear from you, as am I.