associated in random thought

please excuse me.

so, it's a new day, and i am attempting to switch out of badmind into one of slow wonder.

i came home from work last night to two presents from helen: a mint plant for homegrown mojitos, and beer. new belgian trappist ale to be exact. i drank the spirit of merton. i burped.

[new belgian ale, specifically fat tire, reminds me to ask out loud in brackets, flibbityflu, are you reading? and, will i see you on saturday? please call.]

today is a hazy memory. i went on a work field trip on a bus. we drove around to some of the work sites. i got to wear a hard hat and safety glasses at one of our plants out in bastrop. i had no idea turbines could be so big. i got to watch a butterfly pollenating a daisy out at mckinney roughs. finally, i was privy to the f-2 tornado secure service center, the company's power hub, where a bazillion megawatts of power are monitored. and then i returned to the cushiness of my desk job, where i ate a piece of cake.

what i learned: all men in hardhats wear wranglers.

it was a beautiful day away from the daily fidelities, but i was the only girl in a bus full of men. they were all cowboy types, and quiet. so i looked out the window a lot, and napped.

and now, after alllll that hard work, i'm sat once again at the boatyard, squinting from the brilliant sun on the water. i'm enjoying a mojito, and jack johnson is singing over the speakers.

it's a perfect place to sit and talk for hours. i wish you were here with me to pull up a chair. i'd buy you a cocktail.

Posted by bananie at April 27, 2005 4:14 PM