People now, people are interesting. At the second stop after mine, an Asian woman got on and quietly sat down next to me. She got something out of her purse and I glanced over to see what she was doing. She had her rosary in her hands, one with the most beautiful ruby red beads. She sat there and said her prayers to herself. I was amazed and surprised. It was kind of cool. Like sitting next to a meditating person. Then I thought about the tefillin that Jewish men use to pray and compared it to this rosary. They seem like they fulfill a similar function. Since I am not a Jewish man and therefore do not were tefillin when I pray, I sat there and hummed Chasidic melodies to myself and wondered if they might harmonize with someone saying the rosary in the spiritual realm.
Well I DID get to work at 7:30, not a moment to spare. As soon as I walked up to our work area, people started coming and we dove into the day. It was a steady stream for quite a while and we were hopping, but not overwhelmed. Then I got curious and asked someone what time it was (I also forgot my watch this morning) and they told me it was 11 o’clock! I was stunned. That seemed impossible that 3 and a half hours had gone by.
The young woman I am working with is engaged to be married in a month, but several young men working at the convention did not seem to be put off by her engagement ring. They found reasons to come by and see “us” and finally, at the end of the day, one of them asked her out for dinner. She oh so politely declined, giving the reason that she was getting married soon. It was so sweet !
It’s probably a good thing that she IS engaged, as I think we could have ended up working the kissing booth instead of the badge holder booth!
And “I” would have been taking in the money big time !!! E would have been in charge of the kissing I am sure. . .
I’m going to miss her when this job is over, although we both still work for this same temp agency, perhaps we will get another assignment together. We have had a lot of fun together.
Anyway, one more day and I’m done. And that’s true on more than just one level! I am about ready to get back to laundry and baking for a while. And I saw my scribble book moping at the little desk in the cupboard this morning. I am going to have to spend some time with him soon.