empty space

i shouldn't complain, i really shouldn't; my nomination to be the one who got to go and let the verizon guy into our new office meant that i had squirmed out of desk-schlepping and computer-dismantling duty (all bad news for a girl who's spent the week with her wrist in a splint). however, it also meant that i spent the better part of the morning waiting by myself in a large, empty room with no internet access, no company, not even a chair. i amused myself thusly:

1. finished my book.
2. stared at the ceiling.
3. stared out the window, attempting to hypnotize the students at the parochial school across the street using nothing but the powers of my mind.
4. worked out (a shadowboxing routing is highly portable).
5. went downstairs three times to make sure that the reception people knew to send the verizon guy right up.
6. called my sister.
7. called dom.
8. called my boss.
9. started re-reading my book because i had no other reading material with me.
10. text messaged biscuit.

finally, the verizon guy showed up and we had to face the expected extremely irritating problems; though we ultimately got them sorted, this resulted in me being told to remain at the office until further notice. what further notice that was, i wasn't sure--there wasn't really anything i could do. but, stay i did, and the verizon guy had no other appointments for a few hours so he stayed and kept me company (and by 'kept me company' i mean 'stayed on point because i didn't know if i was supposed to detain him until my boss called me back.') until i had the official go-ahead to let him leave and tick off another half hour of my sentence. he was a nice guy (going by the name of dominic, no less)--far less taciturn than the guy we had yesterday. plus, he left me a newspaper to read while i waited for my own dispensation!

and let me tell you, when you've spent the morning counting the spots on a granite and beige industrial carpet, even the daily mail is high literature.

45 minutes later, we had our wiring problem fixed and i received the green light to skeedaddle myself. now i am home, with the afternoon stretching before me. it almost makes up for the fact that i have to go back in tomorrow.

almost.