Finally, the morning temperatures around here have dipped below 55. This morning, the temperature outside was 43. Yesterday morning, we hit 40. Now, being that I'm in Southern California, it took way too long for winter to finally arrive. Even the mountains in the distance are finally snow capped. It's not a lot of snow, mind you, but it is something. It serves as some kind of reminder, as feeble as it is, that we're in late December. It rained here last week and from what I'm seeing, there is more rain in the forecast later in the week. If I saw things correctly, rain is in the forecast on New Year's Day. Actually, rain could hit on New Year's Eve. What do I care anyway? It's not like I'm going to be outside on either of those two days. Why am I going to deliberately surround myself with people? That's the last thing I'm going to do.
I couldn't tolerate being in the office beyond noon today, so that was around the time that I called it quits. I left the office just after 12pm and not once did it occur to me to look back. I just packed up my stuff and got the hell out. If I could have lit the place on fire, I would have. It would have been overly dramatic and completely in slow motion, as I walk away (that is, towards a non-existent camera) and toss an entire book of matches behind my right shoulder, throwing said matches at the building and if I'm lucky, I would also manage to light someone on fire in the process. Maybe I'll be more productive tomorrow? I can't really say, but I make no guarantees that I'm going to stay in the office beyond noon tomorrow. It's a short week anyway, though I find that my tolerance for bullshit is lot lower at around this time of year.
One of the trainees with whom I've been working decided that she was going to spend a good chunk of her day texting me. She, like many of the current group of trainees, struggle to keep themselves entertained when they are not actively shadowing anyone. Being that I left early, she was left to figure things out on her own after 12pm. I think that if she gets her mind right and really applies herself, she can be one of the better workers in the office. Of course, given how shitty the current crop of supposed seasoned workers happens to be, that wouldn't be impossible for her to do. Her training won't be completed until mid to late February, so it's going to be a while before she's up and running on her own. In the meantime, she struggles to keep herself busy whenever she's not actually in a training class. I think she's back in the classroom tomorrow, so there's a chance that I don't see her after 9am tomorrow. I know that she'll text me at some point tomorrow, which I gladly welcome.
Speaking of text messaging, I have another friend who seems to take offense to whenever I reply to her messages with anything less than a paragraph. This response paragraph is supposed to be complete with multiple sentences and a main idea. I'm not allowed to reply in a few words or else she takes it the wrong way, like maybe I'm not interested in conversing with her because of my use of minimal responses. I know that I have a way with words and that I can be eloquent at times, but I can't be expected to reply to your typical "Good morning" text with a cinquain or haiku. I can't explain it.
I need to set things up to where my entries can have pictures in them. I know that my words can be powerful, but sometimes, you just need a picture or two to really make your entry pop. I have a few picture-themed entries in mind as well. I'll get to those entries at some point. I just need things at work to slow down. Of course, even if things do happen to slow down at work, I'm then going to need to find the motivation to get all of that stuff done. I'll figure it out.
That's all I have for now.
I didn't think this entry was going to run this long, though truth be told, I'm actually testing out a new keyboard. The results are mixed, but I'm going to press on. Maybe I just need to keep using this keyboard so that I become comfortable with it? We shall see.
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