Nothing Much to Crow About

I’ve had to take some time off from my regular postings, in order to dedicate extra time to my oDesk pursuits. With that said, there’s really not that much new. I spend a good amount of time at my laptop (which I sincerely need to replace) and life goes on, as usual. It‘s a funny thing, you know. You can spend your whole life just “waiting for things to happen”. Whether it’s graduating from school, a job promotion, finding a new job (for those less fortunate), moving to a new location or just “the next thing” to do. I never really noticed that. Well, actually the closest I came to that was on a cruise ship to Alaska. But even then, I was always waiting for that next huge meal – so I guess that doesn’t count. There are times when I now find myself with absolute “dead air”, in the middle of the day. Nothing to do – like one of those guys who just retired from some hectic job and, after 30 years of frantic running around, suddenly they’re free. Free from schedules. Free from deadlines. Free from meetings and early morning and late afternoon rush hour battles to and from work. Just…free. And there they sit – wondering why they have the nagging sensation that something “needs to be done”. But what? Here, options can be limited. Finish the article for my job assignment – then watch TV or listen to the rooster crow. Hey, by the way, you know how they always depict roosters crowing in the morning as the sun rises on the old farm? It doesn’t work that way. Nope. Those things will crow all-damn-day-long (starting around 4 AM when they seemingly punch their respective time clocks). Seriously. I don’t think they ever “retire”, either. Unless you retire them (if you get my drift). Well, I can’t complain. I just wish that I could learn to slip into instant unconsciousness-on-demand – like the locals seem to be able to do. But that’s more of a metabolism thing…