This was a crazy day from start to finish. I woke up from a dream where Travalon and I had stumbled upon a business that would paint a portrait of a couple as royalty, and we were debating whether to get our portrait done as King Travalon and Queen Famous Hat. (But I woke up, so I'll never know if we went for it.) Then I had no idea how icy it was until braking and feeling the car slide. When I got to the parking lot and walked to the shuttle, the shuttle driver must have been laughing at me because I was walking so cautiously over the icy ground that it took me like five minutes to get to him. Then after he dropped me off, I went to cross the street, but the dip in the sidewalk was unsalted, so I hung onto a railing and then clung to a stop sign. A car stopped at the stop sign and waved to me to pass him, but I waved him through because it was going to take some time to get my footing. Once across the street, I was doing the careful penguin walk when an undergrad walked boldly past me... and immediately fell on her tush. I asked, "Are you okay??" and she was, just embarrassed.
Mid-morning I was trying to stay awake during a meeting about student payments. I arranged some of my creatures at work that are in primary colors and took a photo.
I asked questions in the chat, and other people asked really good questions, but the leader just kept saying, "We'll get to that later." Screw your Power Point, just let us ask relevant questions and answer them! So when it was done I went out into the hall and ran into a couple of grad students, and I said, "I'm so sleepy, but it's too icy to walk outside." They said they were running to the cantina, and did I want some coffee? Did I like it black? I said, "No, I do like some cream in it," and they said, "How about a latte with whole milk? That's what we always get." I blinked in surprise. "Yes! That's what I always order! And they ask if I want a flavor shot in it, but I say, 'Coffee is a flavor, or how could there be coffee-flavored ice cream?'" and they said, "Exactly!" Then they brought me a huge latte that I had with my lunch, and they didn't even want me to pay them for it, plus they said the ice had melted outside, so I took a long, satisfying walk.
In the late afternoon Hardingfele told me her coworker had three tickets to a touring Broadway show called Shucked that she was giving away, and would Travalon and I want to go? I said Travalon would probably not be interested, but I could ask; however, she had already asked her other coworker, the one I have mentioned on this blog before who goes to the church we now go to. Hardingfele said I should call her Crochet Girl. I took the shuttle to my car and then drove to my old church downtown, where the other two met me. The Globe and Himal Chuli were packed, so we went to Ian's Pizza, which worked out for me because I had gotten a coupon for a free slice of pizza when I donated blood last week. Then the three of us found our seats, and the woman sitting on the other side of me somehow became my new best friend - we were laughing about all the dirty lines in this play, and at intermission she said she could get us all free wine because she is a sponsor. Wow! What an unexpected turn this day took! Free coffee, free pizza, a free show, AND free wine! Life is good!
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