A Random Day

March 14, 2005 | Category:

I'm a fricking Chatty Cathy doll today. (No disrespect to anyone named Cathy, y'all).

3 posts. Maybe more. Who knows.

My phone hasn't rang once all day. I have 3 weeks left to hand off this program, and a pile of work in my inbox that would make you weep. Normally, my ADD self would get it done by putting my head down and plowing through for an hour or so and then pausing to answer calls, attend meetings, etc. Wash, rinse, repeat.

Except, no calls. No meetings. This is a pause before the storm, but still - my head may just explode. Except for periodic trips for more TUMS to settle my queasy stomach (stress, not Corporate Mommy Jr.), I would be going nutty.

As it is, my day has become a scattered mosaic of visions and tastes, stuffed between hours of adjusting budgets out to fiscal '07 based on updated project plans and levelled forecasts.

Picking up Bear from pre-school this morning, I passed by a High School. The sidewalks were teeming with kids out on lunch break.

I saw a young couple. She was in a pink sweater and a sensible hairstyle. He was tall and handsome, with an arm slung around her shoulder.

At the intersection, she had a small smile and finished whatever she was saying. He nodded in agreement, then closed his eyes and kissed the top of her head for a long time. With his arm he held her tight. She bowed her head a little, into the embrace. Then the light changed, and I had to drive away.

The vision stayed with me for a long time. To be young, and so in love.

Back home again, Bear is crawling around the house pretending to be a cat. The babysitter is following him with a pillow, so when his knees hurt from the wood floor, he can rest on something soft. It is good to be the little King, don't let anyone tell you different.

Myself, I decided on just some broth for lunch to see how that would go down. The first little cup did OK.

In honor of our upcoming dinner at Benihana's, I made myself some of their famous starter soup out of the remaining bowlful of broth - mushrooms sliced so thin you can see through them, finely chopped scallions, a few pieces of fried onion, a few other herbs and spices (with a very light hand).

Ate it slowly, and feel about 50% better.

Tonight I was going to make lean filets with a red wine mushroom reduction and steamed veggies but I am rethinking that whole menu.

The sky is gray and it is time to go back to work. I have miles to go before I rest. Miles.

And for now, I am walking them alone.

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