I'm Writing Too

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Message Sent. Message Received.

SCENE 1: February 10, evening

Brushing my teeth before climbing into bed, I pondered what "This or That?" question to use in the all staff meeting the following morning. Chocolate is where my brain kept taking me. I know I have asked chocolate questions before so what else could I ask? Valentine's Day is almost here is where my brain went next. And then I was back to chocolate.

SCENE 2: February 11, morning

At the stroke of eight I asked the boxes on my screen, "Flowers or Chocolate?" and sent them into their Breakout Rooms for two minutes. In the magic of Zoom they all appeared two and a half minutes later to find a slide, "♥️ for flowers or 🎉 for chocolate".

As the votes popped up I continued administrative duties in the background and couldn't get to my reactions. "Flowers would be my vote this year, so imagine a red heart for me."

SCENE 3: February 14

During dinner my gaze is continually draw to the 25 roses arranged in the glass vase on the table.

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

It's Been A Minute

It's been a minute! Anyone who is living during this time does not need me to explain how the usual became the unusual (or nonexistent) and how the unfathomable became reality. This has been my experience in more ways than I probably realize while we are still in the midst of it.

Last week I thought, "I'll start writing now so that the Tuesdays of February slowly get my blogging muscles back in shape before March arrives."

And then my internet went out.

Of course I had left the blogging until the last thing I was going to do before I went to bed. I did jot a few notes in my writing notebook and chuckled at how used to things not going as planned has come to be what I expect.

Now it is a week later, barely mid-day, and I am writing a slice and looking forward to commenting on other slices in this community of writers.