But, I suppose, so far, in a good way.
Yesterday was interesting. When we went out for our afternoon smoke break we saw a coworker sitting outside on the gravel looking like he was meditating. He's not really the meditating type of guy. So three of us went out to join him and the other two sat on the groun nearby. I was wearing too short a skirt to pop a squat on the gravel *or* the grass, so I stayed standing. To those inside the building (and on the other side of the tinted windows) it looked like I (standing) was leading some sort of group therapy session.
They always look at us when we smoke... at least we are entertaining.
Today was also interesting in the smoke break kind of way. Lisa and I decided to have a picnicfor our lunch break, such as it was. Basically, it was little more than an excuse to sit in the sun for as long as we could manage, and we managed a good long time.
We were joined by all different people at all different times, but I must admit that my favorite part was when it was the same four of us as it was yesterday (part of that, of course, is that one of us four was my *sigh* crush).
It started with a socio-political/current events/historical kind of question by (of course) yours truly, asking for a definition of a Second World country. I will spare you the details of the answers, but I was pleased that after having this particular conversation periodically throughout the past few years, I finally got answers... two different ones. It veered in many different directions including philosophical/comedic questions ("Why is palindrome, not? Acronym and abbreviation... far too long.) At one point the Meditating Man stood up to get our attention and gather his charisma (probably trying to make a point) and he got the honor, today, of preaching to the rest of us.
Afterwards Lisa decided to lead stretching exercises which I, dressed like a girl with slits up the sides, again declined to participate in. This one garnered a reasonable sized audience and a few people came out to inform us that they were watching.
I can't wait to see what tomorrow will bring.
Another thing yesterday was that I got a whole lot of interesting information from someone in the know. I would never betray a confidence like that in such a public (potentially) forum as this, but let's just say that after riding home on Tuesday I feel very good about my career choice and my professional development. If I thought it was accurate to say he stroked my ego, I would admit that, but the reality is that I was stunned by some of the things that he said to me, though the people who know me best (and don't know me as a worker or within my career) were not at all surprised at the positive reinforcement I got just from doing what I do and being who I am.
I can say with certainty that I learned a LOT that day... I just can't say a word about it.
Three more days to my contest... preoccupied with fantasies of the *sigh* crush, spending time with him and plans that I will probably never actually follow through on... writing a lot of songs these days, GOOD songs. I don't know where the inspiration is coming from, but I don't question it.
~FG };^>
