May 22, 2008 12:42
Posting from Bearclaw Coffee, Ann Arbor Rd & Broad St. Dexter, Michigan
DTE is taking it's sweet time restoring that juice. It went off long before Warren bolted upright at 7:30AM. Was off long enough for the birdbath flow to have drained the pressure from the well tank.
It is amazing how much one can need to be connected to power. I mean I could have gone back to bed, or done a weight workout (only self-power required). Warren had ground the coffee using his hybrid car outlet. I boiled the water using the gas grill for power. Thank God for the water left over from beer brewing. I felt resourceful, upbeat. Time beat that out of me though. I didn't have a full charge on the computer, so it ran down within an hour of writing, and the cellphone wasn't getting reception to call DTE back, so off to the Hudson Mills Park for a walk, and when the home phone was still not answering, I took refuge here.
The world is conspiring against me, making me have to do the Jo Rowling thing and work at a coffee shop. The battery still needs another 20% to be fully charged, and who knows if I will need that. I have been here for a little over an hour. Nice spot in some ways, though I have a headache that caffeine does not seem to be curing.
Out of my element, stuck somewhere I didn't plan on being. Trying to make the best of it.
I am trying to be zen about things, yet I find myself always struggling with that, arguing with myself about whether not caring, or letting go is really the best thing to do. Stubborn as a bull. I can only imagine that is why my head hurts, from ramming it against that damn brick wall.