Half-an-Hour with my Mind

Well... done for the day... should go home and work out... call Fi... ***feeling a little excited*** ...Boyfi? Pigling? No, not that.... ***"Hi, Sizzler", on the call***...oops, that was a whole other name, funny... too much wind in Chicago, can't hear a thing... on the other hand look who almost flushed her cell down the toilet... Seems busy... ***ask him to call later and disconnect*** Should walk home today, good day ***look at the sun*** eclipse!!!!! ***stare away*** oh, that was in the morning, didn't see the ring, did you? Ass. ***look over my shoulder*** Bus isn't coming, watch out though maybe can catch it if it comes. Naaaahhh... Letitbe ***catch a glimpse of a US map*** Wonder how many actually know all the states though... how many can I remember? Ooh need pen and paper... out.... Signal... no vehicle, just walk... hey you stop staring at me ***to some guy in car, not aloud, of course*** shall I stick my tongue out? ...3rd grader, or what? ***suppressing smile*** Whatever. Water running... definite direction, must be a slope here... looks sloppy... looks pretty, see the sun... Bus in the opposite direction.... always happens, doesn't it? ***look over my shoulder again*** Well, go ahead and walk... why can't I wait? Might still come. Alright, do what you want. Walk. ***ten minutes into the thirty minute route*** Ahh, should walk faster ...loo... ***cross the street*** Wow!! ...roses? Red! Must be at least twenty-five plants!... good for Valentine's Day. Snow in February. No use... pluck? Go home. ***walking along a parking garage*** Entrance Closed, silly fools, that guy's driving out... if you want to close an entrance put a barrier there, not only a sign. There he goes. Of what use is Entrance Closed? Good I started walking, no bus yet. Twenty minutes more. Library of Health Sciences... walk in? Nope, go home ...loo... Oooh, to use the loo. Nope, go home... Sbarro's ***stomach suddenly rumbles*** can't think of pizza, nope. Don't think. Don't think. Of course you'll think of nothing else. Focus on something different. Like, oooh, lab entrance? Want to go to lab? Can get some work done. Too tired. Can't think. Why isn't IDL printing my report? Pizza. There you go again. ***a little exasperated now*** Rice and methkoot with imli and tadka. Less sinful. ***mouth waters*** Cucumber sandwiches. Mmmmmm ***stomach rumbles again*** No bread. First crunches... sit-ups... lunges... can run less today since I'm walking home? Nope. Sun is warm. Don't complain, not more than two weeks left of sun. Bye! Chicago better or San Antonio? I hate choices. You're tired.... how can one live without choices? Living itself is a choice... too philosophical... ***see some person walking a little way ahead*** Ok let's see how long it takes to overtake... ***speed up*** oh, good, will get me home sooner, can go to the loo... should really have done this before leaving work! ...Overtaken! Not a fair fight, you didn't let him know... like drag racing? Ooooh ...driving... remember Shenandoah? 95mph WOW!! ...and I-95!?! S. was a freak, nearly tried to kill Fi with his driving. Fi remembers? Don't remind him, ignorance is bliss. Ogden. Walk along Odgen, take Taylor, or straight on Polk? Sum of two sides of a triangle is larger than the third... Polk. Besides, too much food on Taylor. Oooh nacho chips with salsa... STOP! Need to walk faster. Really should've used the loo in the library. Want to walk back to lab? Closeby. Use the loo. If someone sees me ....only for this... go home! We're not that much in a hurry. Well, safe side... CRAB APPLES!!!!!! I thought I'd stolen all of them from the tree on Damen. Wow.... four... five ...six trees!! Yummy ***and the next few minutes are spent jumping up to grab the fruits*** why is this branch swinging just outside of my reach? Trees have a life, you know. Fox and sour grapes. Sour crab apples... heehee ***smile, snigger*** well, really sour. P's mom asked about them, should take some home for P. ***roommate*** Tree, let's make this symbiotic. Give me the fruits and I'll drop the seeds in muddy places where you can grow... propagation of species. ***eating*** mmmmmm, almost better than cucumber sandwiches. Go home quick. Need to cook something today. Nope, assignment. Sit with P. for her image processing assigment. Fun!! I love teaching. Should teach in small community college, work in GE... long time for that... proposal in May, gotta plan dissertation. For tomorrow!!! Dr.A. Ouch. Ouch. Ouch. Oh look, there goes the last crab-apple. P? Well, I'll take them for her the day she does her first IP assignment on her own. Mean pig. ***me, not her ... giggle*** No, as a gift. Really not mean. Oh, my street. Turn. ***see vehicle coming straight at me*** I can cross, pedestrian's right of way. I'd be killed in Bombay with that attitude. Check mail. Victoria's Secret. Hmm, for whom? Who's this person... doesn't live in my house... GUY??!!! Wow. Fun. Oh, this door's open. Stairs, who leaves mail out here? Key, don't get jammed, I need to go to the loo. Loo!!! ***run to room, throw stuff on bed*** Take cellphone? Nope. Run! ***unmentionable thought process for the next few minutes, after all I'm not James Joyce*** Okay, get the cucumber out. Oww, no bread remember? Mummy! I want chutney. Mango. Yummy. First write. Ok, switch on the laptop. don't make that noise, you silly ass ***to the laptop*** Well, start.

Aaaaannnnndddd.... STOP.