August 21, 1997 Yesterday started out well. I was delighting in the rain. But things spiraled downhill rapidly as we all got rather testy at each other at work over the ins and outs of converting this issue. I nearly lost my temper way too many times because I was just so tired from being up early on Tuesday. Today I decided to sleep in because I snapped at Winnie last night, my nerves were that frayed. I hate it when I lose control that way. It's that same old defensive reaction to everything which gets me every time. I finished all of the file conversions just a half an hour ago, which gave me a few minutes to put up both yesterday's and today's rambles. Yes yesterday was THAT hectic. So you get two for the price of one today. I'm listening to my 1983 CD over and over again. Yes I play music to death. Poor sabs, it's a good thing he doesn't work where I do or he'd REALLY get sick of hearing all of the music I listen to. I'm particularly hooked on "One Thing Leads to Another" by some group whose name I don't remember and "Time (Clock of the Heart) by Culture Club. I remember the video for "Time". I remember really liking that song, but not knowing who the group was nor even having the vaguest idea that I could buy the album. I was very excited when I found that song on this album ... I'm reeling somewhat in the aftermath of processing as much data as I have in the past 3 days. I'm having more trouble than usual focusing on anything outside of what I'm doing. I can't remember if there was anything else important I needed to do. At least I got all of the email answered which is relief. I really can't get my mind out of work stuff right now, no profound thoughts in my head right now other than this: As I was walking in this morning, I had my eyes riveted to the ground as usual and in the flotsam and jetsam from yesterday's rain, there was the single lens of a pair of eyeglasses lodged among a twisted wreckage of leaves and twigs at the curve of the Circle. It winked up at me for a few seconds, like some lost, wise eye, or a magical jewel which held the secrets of the universe. It slipped out of view as I walked on, wondering who had lost just the lens, and whether they were having trouble seeing without their glasses. Next Previous