Because It's Better To Be Irrational With Me Than Rational With Someone Else ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Only Two Days that Seemed Like Forever You need less than two days for even the most spontaneous, to realize their world is shook up if the one part of their daily spontaneous routine is missing. MONDAY I sent an email to Dr. A, that I will not be coming in. People start freaking out. Meanwhile, I am freaking out making calls here and there, and tending to the blisters on my skin. Somewhere out there, people from my group send me emails about when I am coming back. Dr. A, sends me some questions that only I can answer. TUESDAY I make more calls here and there, while my prickly and blistering skin just continues to blister and prickle with a random thunderstorm here and there in the background. People panic. Dr. A has an impromptu meeting with the guys (HP, HM, and Stan) to check up on me. HP does the honors in calling. But they care, they want to know if they can help me with something, if I am alive, to let me know things are not well without me. And I answer sure, yes, everything is fine, while applying burn-gels, and burn relief sprays, none of which help, but then I don't have any burns, just rare allergy that is just treated that way. TODAY My desk is decorated with candies. HP happy to see me brings me coffee. Says things were quiet and sad without me. Less things were thrown at others, less "I hate yous" were said, less laughs, less sarcasm, overall zero estrogen. I come to my office, and Stan pulls a chair really close to me. So close he could count the tiny blisters all over my arm if he wanted to. He looks at me admirably.
11:17 p.m. - July 01, 2009 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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