In the Presence of Greatness

 

I forgot to mention yesterday that when I went to give blood, it was during class change time so it took forever for the elevator to come. Then I realized my phone wasn't in my coat pocket, and I needed it because my Quick Pass was on it, so I had to wait for the elevator again. I got up to my office, and my phone wasn't there!... because it was in the pocket of my jeans. Sigh. Then I just missed the bus and had to wait for the next one, yet somehow I was only three minutes late to give blood. They didn't even care, but of course my pulse was racing and my blood pressure was kind of high. Still, they took my blood.

Today I worked from home, and I was horrified by the paltry tip a faculty member left when he submitted an expense report for a business dinner. I asked him if everything was okay, and if he realized that we're allowed to leave 20% tips on business meals, but apparently he had no idea he'd been a cheapskate; he said he thought 15% was fine, and I said no, this was 12.5%. As a former waitress, I can only imagine how gutted the server must have felt. Was it bad of me to bring it up? I also wasted a lot of time trying to follow the instructions on a sandwich chain's website to create a tax-exempt account, just to realize I was following the directions correctly, but the link for loading the form is no longer on the website. 

Behold Travalon's big task at work today: holding this stuffy as a kid was swinging.

Ah! I cannot handle the cuteness!! My job does not involve nearly enough stuffies.

This evening Travalon and I went to the Lakeside Coffee House to see the Madison Classical Guitar Society. We used to go see them there quite a bit, but it has been awhile. Of course the brother-in-law of the Daughter of Denni was there, but he told us he had played before we got there. He played again, and a married couple played some bossa nova numbers, and there were other really good players too, but this guy named Peter really blew us away. You know how every now and then you know you are in the presence of greatness? I felt that tonight. Someone said he was hoping to get into the Master's program at the university, but I don't think he needs any more training. He's already amazing.

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