Well I need to get out Websters before I proceed here. Trope = a word or expression used in a figurative sense. Not exactly what I was going for … better look up figure of speech … or I’ll keep trope as a placeholder.
How about that Mister Rip Van Winkle in the feature image? He’s one cool dude.
I’m delaying getting to the post of this post. My up & down is all around. Ugh!
Okay, yesterday was a good day … a very good day. I reconnected with a former co-worker who has become a friend ’til the end. Our paths don’t cross like they used to but yesterday we saw each other over ZOOM not once but twice!
In our first interaction, she presented a case to our committee. So as not to appear I was playing favorites, I recused myself. She won any way! In our second interaction, less formal, both on early, I told her how well she did, how proud I was of her. We need to share these things people, time waits for no one. She tells me the following:
“Thanks, I thought about it all weekend. You know how that is, you do it too”
Drats! I do. Curses. Why do I overthink every flipping thing? Why did I almost “cut off my nose to spite my face?” I told B I was ready to burn bridges! Now when I tell him, oops, nevermind, he will wonder what’s got into me. Or he won’t wonder anything. He knows me better than I know myself.
Time for music to soothe my soul.
As always, more to come.
J-Dub's Grin and Bear It 