Just Another Wednesday
Hi world. This is a weird Wednesday…odd things have been happening and, thus, they take center-stage in a Weird Wednesday list of note:
Weird Wednesday List of Note
1. My office smells like cancer. Not in that I know how cancer smells, exactly, but that whatever chemical I’m ingesting through my nose right now will surely cause a fatal disease. My office is a converted chemistry lab…converted in that they’ve put a computer and a chair on an old lab table. The “hood” is still here; I could fire up the bunsen burners if I wanted to; and the amount of corrosion going on atop any metallic surface is enough to make anyone worry. So when I say it smells toxic, I’m actually not over-stating this in the least. I’m leaving in a minute before the chemical headache sets in.
2. I ordered new winter boots and they came on the most blizzard-laden day of December. This is sheer luck but I’m glad they’re here. No more messing around with shoe-boots. I went for it. Hunter Goddess boots–this means, 100% water-proof, up to my knees, insulated genius. They were expensive but I will never have to order another pair of winter boots ever again. I could muck out stables in these things. Thankfully, my hatred of horses (get off me) will prevent that grossness…but I’m actually just going to wear them home. Very exciting.
3. I’m feeling some kind of dissertation love today. I put out my first “snowball” pitch for research “subjects” and have been bombarded by people who are willing (and actually VERY ABLE) to help. I’m overwhelmed…both with the generosity of the responses and the relief that I may actually be able to actually drive this elephant (random Apollo 13 reference).
4. I just ate the most amazing donut. Yep. At 3:49. And it was delicious. It was also lunch which means I now have “mad” sugar rush going on. It’s actually incredible.
5. Choir tonight. CHRISTMAS MUSIC. If ever there’s time to be in a church choir, it’s at Christmas. What a delicious season.
Summary of list: today’s been a good Wednesday. Amidst everything else, I’m feeling generally good about the plates I’ve got up on stilts, spinning away right now. The feeling might be fleeting, but I’m just riding it out while I still can.