introspective periscope : peeking inside since Y2K ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 work hours until 1:02 a.m. - 18 september take me home where the oceans rise / where we can see what you should / down below and oh so high~sea of bees i'm still here, guys. don't you worry. back to school season means that filthy kids are going to spread filthy germs and then their parents are going to bring those germs to work. my teammate is patient zero for the floor, i swear it...first it was a sore throat. maybe i snored? no. my head was disconnected for two days last week. i finally got some rest over the weekend but by then, sean picked it up....or something from his school, maybe? it's going around, whatever it is. on top of this, i have a tooth that is bent on blowing up through my vacation. no getting in to the dentist before i leave. every minute is accounted for. clove oil and a positive attitude and managing my mouth more than usual. i have 13 hours of work remaining. one more long day and then i cut out after a 4 hour shift and they won't see my face around that joint for 11 days. pinky swear. i need this more than anything. i am so thankful to have made it through these last few weeks. i need a reset. i need to come back ready to tackle the holiday season red alerts and then its all countdown-to-seattle. one trip at a time. so i'm baking up a storm or i'm supposed to be. hoping the last of this bug clears out so i can get down to business. sweets i'm probably not even going to touch but have agreed to concoct: bacon chocolate chip cookie (decoys), york peppermint patty brownies, raspberry coconut thumbprints (a retro road trip cookie....who knew?) i'm also going to make a secret cookie dough dip recipe and not tell anyone it is made of chickpeas. i'm getting one over on them, see? friday is a quick trip to indy for some cunningham's meats....pork chops, steaks, anything i can grill. so close. they keep asking me what i'm bringing. what is there to bring? i need barely a suitcase. i travel lightly. my macbook, tablet, jambox. my bike. a pillow. seriously. i'm going on vacation. my parents are lugging more booze than bootleggers and my father has so many new beach toys (a kite and a beautiful telescope with built in gps that self triangulates...so excited about that one!!) there will barely be room for the 4 of us in the van. and then there's this business of audio books and top 40s playlists. i took this as a cue to finally get my own pair of lg tones....bluetooth stereo speakers that don't make you look like the Borg... because guys, listen. i finished Game of Thrones today. On to Clash of Kings. i bet i know what's gonna happen. kings gonna clash. seriously. i don't know how people waited years for the next books. i'm hooked. so bluetooth headset for me, let them listen to whatever they want. that means i've got hours of listening ahead of me... and hours of writing. and biking. and watching the sea. and sorting things out while things sort out themselves.... i applied for 2 new positions at work today. the one is a shoe-in, the other, a sure no but hey, why not. mentoring new-hires doesn't start until after the new year so why not go for this new team that is going to handle escalations? it's a skill, right? they're saying its an 80/20 mix of my usual work plus angry folks. honestly, america....you mad? [what am i thinking????] so that whole shift bid thing might change. maybe i'm going to be a morning shifter and have weekends off. whatever. it will sort itself out while i'm gone. the beach is coming. rather: jones is going to the beach. probably to sit through a hurricane. whatever. i'll watch the waves roll up on that shore, nibble a cookie, and sip on the vacation tincture gifted to me by a dear friend and get down to business. you don't get a week to work on the things you love all the time. i'm planning on making some really good use of this time. no wasted days. 13 hours and i'm out the door. when i come back, a new desk, a new supervisor, a new schedule. it won't be long. i'm relaxed just thinking about it. off to get some rest so i can feel better so i can make all the sweet things i've promised. i can taste the salt water on my lips. so. close. #grownupvacation (hahaha.) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .what came before. - .what happened next. a diamond at the bottom of the drain - 20 october 2017 |
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