Right now, I'm sitting at my desk, staring out my window. It's getting dark, in fact, it's almost the same colour of quiet, grayish blue that it was this morning, when I woke with a start.
It took me a minute to figure out what was going on. I could feel the breeze, I could smell the rain, the air felt damp, and some bird somewhere was trying very hard to get a message to someone. I was lying with my eyes closed, disoriented, until suddenly I remembered what I'd been trying to figure out all weekend...
My rental forms, that were supposed to be in the mail already.
The writing samples I needed to get ready for my job interview.
The job interview I wanted to do some preparations for.
It took me less time to sit up than to open my eyes. I was sitting there, breathing hard, my chest tight, my head spinning...actually surprised to be in my bed, not outside somewhere. The bird was really, really loud.
After hearing my dad get ready and leave, all at some unreasonable hour of the morning, I calmed myself down enough to fall back asleep.
The second time I woke up, it was in time to wake mom up, and wake Tim up, and get them out the door to Tim's doctor's appointment. Then fight with my hair, force myself to eat, get some papers together, look up the bus schedule, tidy my room, iron my clothes, put on some make up, brush my teeth, and wait to leave.
I think the interview went alright - I would really, really like the job. But that being said, I know they want to hire someone with a disability, so I have a disadvantage right of the bat. I'll know by the end of the week, hopefully!
After the interview, I put the papers in the mail...and all the stressful things I had to do for the day were done.
Hopefully tomorrow, if I wake up to the birds, it'll be a calm and quiet morning.
I can just see the silhouette of the evergreen trees against a deep blue backdrop.
The birds have hushed, and now I can just hear the crickets and my keys.
There's lots of things I miss about residence. But the traffic isn't one of them.
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