April 29,2025,Tuesday evening,6:24,pacific standard time,apartment complex parking lot,Dana Point, California, USA. This morning I drove to a Aliso Viejo to take my daughter to school. When I arrived her mom said she wasn’t feeling well and decided to stay home. They meant I had unexpected free time. I took the dog for a walk, did my morning call, grabbed coffee from the Starbucks off Ridge Route then meandered into Costa Mesa. I didn’t arrive at work until a quarter after nine. It felt good. Like playing a little hooky. Unfortunately the day was unfathomably slow after that. Weird energy. The past and future held no wild flights of fancy and work was painfully boring. I actually zeroed out my work email inbox. That is crazy. When my last job ended I had almost 20,000 unread emails.
