TITLE: Are the Gods Telling Me Something?
AUTHOR: Eugene Wallingford
DATE: April 22, 2005  9:35 AM
DESC: Were I so inclined, I'd change my plans.  But I trust my decision.
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BODY:
Do you ever feel as if the gods are telling you
to change your plans?

I came to campus today planning to "go public"
about my intention to apply for a job opening
here.

First, I walk to my office in a steady rain,
and my umbrella deconstructs spontaneously.
When I get to my office to make a phone call,
I realize that I left my my food and drinks for
the day back in the car.  After I make my call,
I head back to the car, taking my laptop with
me so that I can head over to the library for
some work.  Still pouring down rain.  On my way
to the library, the metal clasp on the shoulder
strap of my soft leather laptop bag breaks, and
my laptop plummets to the sidewalk pavement.

At this point, I'm starting to wonder.

I get to the library.  The laptop survived the
fall.  I survived the rain.  I fire up an
episode of Bob and Tom to bring me some laughs.
I do some work.

The gods have quieted down, or I am in denial.

<STRONG>UPDATE: Mixed Messages</STRONG>

When I went to leave my library office to go
to lunch, I found that I had left my keys
in the door outside for over three hours.
The good news is that no enterprising student
had decided to make them his own.

And, though it may sound like I'm having a
bad day, I don't really feel like that.
Maybe that is a sign in its own right...
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