TheBanyanTree: The first thing I do

[Linda DeMerle]

And, still…I loved it.


> On Jul 7, 2016, at 7:16 PM, Monique Colver <monique.colver at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> when I get home is take off my hair. Especially when the day has been humid
> and it feels like something is happening somewhere and I don't know what.
> None of that has anything to do with my hair though -- I take if off
> whether anything is happening and no matter the weather. Also, it needs to
> be washed now and then, and it can't do that while it's on my head.
> 
> I had an x-ray today, and when checking me in they asked, "Could you be
> pregnant?" Seriously people? There's a reason childbearing lasts for only
> so long.
> 
> I called for a doctor's appointment on Tuesday, and was told the first
> opening was in August. Then I told them who I was and they found me a spot
> for the next day.
> 
> Though it had nothing to do with who I am. It only had to do with someone
> else cancelling.
> 
> My doctor is always overscheduled, and when making appointments I have to
> decide on just one issue to talk to him about, because that's all we have
> time for. One problem only, because then he's scheduled for the next
> appointment. This makes it difficult to decide which particular problem to
> bring up, because they're all small and inconsequential. But this time I
> had something to show him. "Look!" I exclaimed (which people really do,
> it's not just a figure of speech), "my knees are different sizes!" They've
> been different sizes for quite awhile now, and since there wasn't any pain
> I was ignoring them, other than to note how small one was in relation to
> the other. Until the other started to hurt and I realized that's a
> different size because it's swollen something fierce.
> 
> It feels like something is happening because I did two things this week: I
> went to the doctor and I got an x-ray. This is more activity than I've
> engaged in for quite awhile. Other than seeing the occasional client. I'm
> enjoying the summer, because summer is when my clients stop freaking out
> about taxes and start going on vacation, and the usual screaming in my head
> is replaced by a soft little hum while I regroup and catch up. Of course,
> people still expect to be paid every week, and people still expect all the
> normal stuff to happen, which some of them think happens by magic.
> 
> We're rewatching Game of Thrones, because sometime after the first season I
> stopped paying attention. And then we watched the last season which
> recently ended and I kept asking questions because I didn't know what was
> going on. So then I told Mr C we were going to have to start at the
> beginning and this time I would pay attention. I'm really good at not
> paying attention. But I bet I can pay attention too, if I want to. I just
> haven't been in the mood.
> 
> I wrote a fascinating article about a payroll company a few weeks ago, and
> it was scheduled to run last week, but there's been no sign of it. Perhaps
> I was displaced to make space for more timely articles. Whatever. I trudged
> through it anyway, because they asked for it and because writing about
> payroll is not nearly as exciting as one might think.
> 
> Now I have to do some payroll, because no matter what's going on in the
> world, people want their paychecks. It's one thing I can count on.
> 
> (There was really no point to any of this.)
> 
> M