Curling up.
At work there is NO place to curl up. You have to sit in chairs the proper way and it’s just plain uncomfortable. I’m a curler upper from way back and sitting cross legged, or wadded up in a ball, seems a lot more natural to me. Especially since I am pretty short and so much of the time, my feet don’t reach the floor. I feel like Edith Ann on that old TV show, “Laugh In” sitting in that huge rocking chair.
So on my breaks I walk all over the place, indoors and out. And not only am I stretching my legs, but I realized that I have been searching for a place to curl up. So far I have come up empty handed.
There is a walled off patio with nice trees and plants, but the benches out there look splintery and there’s nary a cushion in sight. Besides, it seems plausible that the building policemen, upon seeing someone curling up, might have to give them a stern warning. That’s why I have made it my business to speak to the house cops every chance I get. I want to be on very friendly terms so if they find me in a socially compromising position on some chair, they will gently remind me to put my feet on the floor instead of hauling my fanny down to the office to fill out paperwork. (Like I NEED more paperwork to do!)
My only relief from this emotionally stressful situation is that I have found, to my great delight, the most fabulous ice, that has ever been my pleasure to crunch, in the cafeteria. If you buy a styrofoam cup for 10 cents, you can fill it with ice water for free. And as long as you have the cup, you can go back for refills. I usually just skip the water, and fill the whole thing with ice.
This is the BEST ice for munching ever. It’s sort of like short little cylinder shaped pellets. It crumbles very easily – I love it! I ate two cupfulls today. It would have been three, but the cafeteria closed before I got to the third one. I am going to have to find out when that happens exactly, so I can make my last ice run of the day just before they close.
I suppose it’s a fair trade. Not being able to curl up traded in for the best munching ice on the planet. If this is the deal, I’ll take it.
(To my Stormy Weather Friend on Pig Alley. Do NOT mention this illicit ice activity to my favorite dentist!) Thank you ! :-)