"No, no, no..."
Wherein Our Heroine
is Extremely Susceptible to Flattery.
You can’t take a break next
week. Maybe the week after as I will be on vacation . . . or even the week
after that as I will be in Russia. But not next week. You see, some
of use [sic] rely on you to get the day started. You have become an
integral part of my daily routine. Get coffee . . . ok, well, tea actually
as I have recently given up coffee . . . read latest WOT post, then work.
You are my transition from “not work” to “work” modes .
. . I’m not sure I’d know what to do if I didn’t have you to
read in the a.m.
So . . . .
there’s a topic for you . . . . irrational addiction to routines.
You know, not quite OCD, but
almost.
Hope all is well in
your neck of the
woods.
Tim
This
is what happens when you befriend the new kid in third grade. One minute,
you're hanging by your knees on the monkey bars, and he's getting up a group to
play "Superfriends." (All I recall about this was some animation-inspired
roleplaying and a lot of running around, pretending to fly by sticking our arms
out and making "whssshhhhh..." noises. This was, perhaps, my first conscious
recognition that there are too few good roles for women. After all, my very
girly nemesis of the elementary school years always got to be Wonder Woman, and
what did that leave the rest of us?)
Twenty-seven years later,
he's flattering you and ensuring that you don't cut and run from your
self-imposed project of six months. The nerve of some people.
I do understand the
"irrational addiction to routines" thing, though. Sometimes it can be turned to
good account - daily yoga is the only example I can come up with for me right
now, though I'm sure there are more. But routines and habits can be very
comforting, I know. They are especially useful in the morning, when the brain
is still warming up and the body is on automatic
pilot.
So, I'm on the hook for
next week, at least. The week after I may indeed take some time as I will have
some adjustments to schedule. Further bulletins as events warrant.
Posted: Thursday - August 05, 2004 at 07:53 AM
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