Yesterday, I was able to use my auxiliary office for the first time in a long time--
Those of you who have been reading these forever may recall that on nice summer days, if I have a lot of writing to do, I may skip out of the station with an old notebook computer, head down to Lower Harbor Park, and just write in the sun. Well, for the first time in, like, forever, yesterday it was nice enough to do so, so I unilaterally decided to move the seat of power for the station a block and a half away from where it normally sits.
It was nice.
After the winter (and now lack of Spring) that we've had, it's nice to be able to do little things like that. I mean, think of what we've had to deal with the last six or seven months. Do you think anyone would deny us the chance to enjoy a little sun and a little warmth?
Well, these days, you never know, but it's not anything I would deny anyone. So off to my auxiliary office I went.
Hopefully, I'll be able to enjoy it quite a bit the next few months. However, like most of you, I DID live through the winter and lack of Spring we just had, so I'm not taking anything for granted. I mean, I'm an optimist by nature, so I'm hopeful.
But, like I said, I also lived through the last seven months up here, so I know what's actually within the realm of possibility,.
I wasn't the only one down at the park. During my hour or so in my auxiliary office I saw other people taping on screens, several individuals enjoying their lunch, and an entire 7th grade class making as much noise as a class of 7th graders can make.
But you know what? I'm cool with that. Because, like me, they've had to live through the past seven months, and even seventh graders deserve their time in the sun. Hopefully they, like the rest of us, will get the chance to do this again and again and again.
After all, what's the use of having an auxiliary office if you can't use it on occasion, right?
8-)
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