The early bird

You know its gonna be an interesting day when a bird dive bombs your car in the morning. I was traveling to work this morning and made my normal turn onto Rainbow. As I was barrreling down the street, a pigeon leapt out of a tree and dived to within inches of the front of my car. He then straightened out, paralleled my car for awhile and then took a left turn straight into my windshield. After the bird careemed off the glass, I heard several thumps on the roof and expected to see a dead bird in my rear view mirror. However, the bird floated over to the side of the road. I continued into work with thoughts of my own mortality rambling around my brain. Carpe diem, seize the day.

I suffered through a crazy day at work today, with an insane user, followed by a stupid user, followed by an impatient doctor, all calling me for help in a row at one point. I'm lucky I have the patience and high stress levels to be good at what I do. I am also now the most senior person in my department after only 9 months, as the turnover for the last year has been attrocious. My manager didn't lose a single person for four years and then has lost three in the last nine months. I am now in the unenviable position of training the new guy at the job. I am so distracted that I actually left the window of my car open halfway after reading in my car at lunchtime. Luckilly for me nobody wants to steal a 10 year old Honda with a couple of dents.

I left work late as I am wracking up the OT with our short staff and had nothing on my mind other than getting home as quickly as possible with the heat and humidity overwhelming me. Driving home with the window open reminds me of how food must feel as it is slow roasted on the barbeque. I hate not having a working air conditioning in 100+ degree heat. Teri and I still can't decide whether to spend the $1000 to fix the air or just give in and get a new car. I was zoning completely as I drove home, not thinking about my day at all, not a care in the world, at least until I saw the sad looking bird limping on the side of the road, languishing in the shade, taking short dizzying flights from one spot to another. Man, I feel old...