The morning things went all right, but not right
There are a lot of rocky outcroppings on my way to work. During the winter, run-off from precipitation can freeze on these outcroppings, creating formations that look like frozen waterfalls. They are beautiful. Near where I work, there is currently a rather large formation, which someone, somehow, dyed with food coloring. Today, I finally got far enough ahead of myself to grab my camera and leave early. I parked in a pull-over area a short distance (perhaps a tenth of a mile or two) beyond the formation, and trotted with a pleasant smile toward my goal. The smile was in place for any co-workers who drove by me, in case they thought something was amiss.
I got to the formation and turned on the camera. The start-up screen flashed the manufacturer's logo, and the digital viewfinder turned on - with a bright red outline of a battery flashing a few times, before the machine shut down again. I had forgotten that I had found the camera on two weeks before, and that any charge it still had was negligible. Oops.
Chuckling giddily to myself, I made my way back to the car. Just as I reached the pull-over area, a modest green convertible I recognized from my office's parking lot pulled in. The receptionist was stopping to see if I was all right. I laughingly explained the situation, which she was relieved to hear was not what she'd thought. "Can you follow me to Jay's?" she asked. Jay's is the auto place nearly adjacent to our workplace.
"The camera battery's dead, not the car's!" I said again.
"No, I was dropping my car off this morning. Can you drive me down to the office?"
"Oh! Sure."
As it turns out, she was dropping her car off for some maintenance, and had intended to walk the rest of the way to work. Since she had stopped anyway, she was asking for a lift, which I gladly gave. So, the morning detour didn't work out quite how either of us planned, but not in a bad way.
When I got into work, I met another coworker heading out with her coat on. "How did you get here?!" she demanded. She had been one of those to drive by. After punching in and telling my supervisor she'd seen me, she was heading out to pick me up. Eheheh. I got to explain what I was doing four more times in the first ten minutes of work. It was embarrassing and silly, but not unexpected. And I got to help someone else out in spite of the fact that I didn't get to take any pictures, so I was still satisfied.
Afterward, the day was rather slow, and really dragged after lunch. Maybe tomorrow, if the weather holds, and I can get out early again! And remember to charge the batteries beforehand.
I got to the formation and turned on the camera. The start-up screen flashed the manufacturer's logo, and the digital viewfinder turned on - with a bright red outline of a battery flashing a few times, before the machine shut down again. I had forgotten that I had found the camera on two weeks before, and that any charge it still had was negligible. Oops.
Chuckling giddily to myself, I made my way back to the car. Just as I reached the pull-over area, a modest green convertible I recognized from my office's parking lot pulled in. The receptionist was stopping to see if I was all right. I laughingly explained the situation, which she was relieved to hear was not what she'd thought. "Can you follow me to Jay's?" she asked. Jay's is the auto place nearly adjacent to our workplace.
"The camera battery's dead, not the car's!" I said again.
"No, I was dropping my car off this morning. Can you drive me down to the office?"
"Oh! Sure."
As it turns out, she was dropping her car off for some maintenance, and had intended to walk the rest of the way to work. Since she had stopped anyway, she was asking for a lift, which I gladly gave. So, the morning detour didn't work out quite how either of us planned, but not in a bad way.
When I got into work, I met another coworker heading out with her coat on. "How did you get here?!" she demanded. She had been one of those to drive by. After punching in and telling my supervisor she'd seen me, she was heading out to pick me up. Eheheh. I got to explain what I was doing four more times in the first ten minutes of work. It was embarrassing and silly, but not unexpected. And I got to help someone else out in spite of the fact that I didn't get to take any pictures, so I was still satisfied.
Afterward, the day was rather slow, and really dragged after lunch. Maybe tomorrow, if the weather holds, and I can get out early again! And remember to charge the batteries beforehand.