Dotty Parker

lost

I went to two different jobs today. The first was forty minutes away. The second was another half hour further.

I got lost on the way home. I got very lost on the way home. But I got a little lost on the way there, too.

I've created maps of my journey. The red path is the one I took from home to cutomer numero uno. I know the way!

The blue path is from uno to dos. I had directions for coming from the other direction, so I called to get them anew. I was successful once I had my altered directions.

The green path shows my misadventures. I turned the wrong way. You may note that the blue and green paths diverge. Yeah. It makes for a longer drive home when you go the way that I did.

I had an interesting day, though. I've been to the first place before. But she had two new puppies today. They were very cute.

The second place was so far away from everything that the only thing you could see were goats (playing in the road) and llamas and horses (one horse walked in front of my car for a while--an escapee) and cows. Then by the house were a bajillion cats and kittens, two dogs, a bunch of turkeys, guinea pigs, cockateils, and rabbits. It was a damned menagerie.

The land on either side of her farm is owned by two of her daughters. They want to buy the land from their mom so that she won't sell it to someone else. I see shades of King Lear, but I think I'll keep my mouth shut about that one.

I actually worked about eight hours. If you count the time I was lost. Which I do. Because, although it took longer, it was still taking a hell of a lot of time. And I didn't get any breaks. No way. Could I possibly rationalize this more?

Well, I could, but...need I say more?

Posted by dotty at April 27, 2004 10:35 PM