Microwave Popcorn

I like microwave popcorn. I have a bag (unpopped) sitting on my desk right now. But when can you pop and eat popcorn at work? Is there really time for that during the day?

I could pop it in the morning, just before lunch when my tummy gets hungry. But then I could just wait an hour or so and have lunch... Wait! I could have it for lunch. But it's not so nutritious and maybe that would be a funny lunch... Then in the afternoon. But I don't get hungry in the afternoon until it's almost time to leave. Then it seems pointless to pop a whole bag of popcorn when I'll never be able to eat the whole thing.

I think the answer is that I stop questioning when or needing a reason why. The next time I am sitting at my desk hungry is when I will pop that bag of corn, and eat it, and offer some to anyone around so I don't seem like a popcorn hog. I'm really not, but it is good.

"There's Doughnuts in the Breakroom!"

In office life, this is one thing that can make a good day. Someone brought in doughnuts (cookies, brownies, etc. depending on your office). Today, someone brought in Krispy Kreme mini cake doughnuts. They are good. The only problem is, how many can you eat? I mean, how many is it proper to eat before you are greedy. Remember, they are not your doughnuts... they were brought in for the whole office.

I am reminded of the movie Office Space, and Milton did not get a piece of cake. They told him not to be greedy and he was worried about the cake to people ratio.

Driving to work

Every morning, like most Americans, I have a distance to drive in order to get to work. Most of this drive is on highways and is full of slow moving traffic. Some mornings there are accidents in the way, other mornings just too many people driving in their cars.

Why do we put ourselves through this every day? I just don’t know.

I am slowly becoming immune to the delays, I am gaining patience for the slow going, and planning far enough in advance to get places on time. I am also caring a little less regarding being “on-time.”

However, there is one part of my drive to work that is peaceful. It is the on ramp to the highway. You are wondering – what! Yes, the on-ramp is surrounded by trees. I can not see any other cars when I am driving on it, and it is so green lately with spring. Maybe living in a city is making me miss the woods of the Midwest, but when I drive through this little grove of trees, and all I can see is the one lane ahead of me (before I see the four lane highway packed with cars) I feel like I am driving down a country road in the Midwest. The only car on a peaceful tree lined road.

Maybe it’s silly that this makes me happy, but I like to find bright spots wherever they may hide. And this is one of them.