Today I showed up to work to find that my boss was out of the office for the day. He gave me enough work last week to keep me busy all week, but very little of it spilled over into this week, so I had almost nothing to do today. It took me until 4:00 to think of downloading Diamond Mine to keep me a little less bored.
I had a depressing thought on my way back to work from lunch. I realized that the last time I had a real date with anyone was almost exactly seven years ago. It was the night that the original Star Wars movie was re-released in the theater as Special Edition. I asked her if she wanted to go, but there were so many people there that we did something else instead. Well, hopefully that streak is about to end. I won’t say much more until it does end though.
While a few weeks ago I couldn’t wait until the weekend to go home and escape the loneliness and boredom of Granite City, now I enjoy my quiet evenings and long for one weekend to just lay on the couch and watch TV. It hasn’t happenend since I moved, and probably won’t happen this weekend from the looks of it, but I should have a good weekend anyway. I hope to get out with Street Level this week, as I still have only been out once since August. If it’s as cold as it is today, I won’t be going though.
The cold brings up another dream. I looked at the temps across the country today, and it doesn’t get much colder than here. It’s currently 5 degrees in Minnesota. Denver is at 43, Phoenix is at 67, and Miami is at a very comfortable 77. Even Billings, Montana is at 40. Factoring in Taxes and Temperatures, I want to move to Denver or Florida.