Ok....so, tonight I thought I had to work...a normal gig that I do every Wednesday night. It turns out that, indeed, I didn't have to work. To add insult to injury, if I'd read an email that I received three weeks ago, more carefully, I wouldn't have hauled my cookies over to another part of town, dressed to work, only to be turned away....without pay. My fault...I own that, but what strikes me as important about the fact that I messed this up tonight is the importance of the intricacies of communication. You'd think that, given what I do on a daily basis, I'd pay more attention. Here's the catch, tho.....the intricacy found itself imbedded in a piece of electronic communication...an email. How many of us just glance right on past things in emails without really taking the time to understand what they mean? I get a ton and a half of emails every day...job requests, bill pay reminders, forwards from my Mom (Love You Ma!)...I think I should start paying more attention. You never know what little gem might be hidden in there....like a night off. And a night off is like gold...it's extra time with loved ones, it's a chance to be by yourself and just enjoy life.
So...here I sit...at the Champps restaurant near our apartment, watching the Nationals/Pirates game, drinking a beer and blogging. Nerd...I know. But hey...whatcha gonna do? Exactly what this Southern Boy in the City is doing....taking advantage of life on this day, thinking about the things that happened....drinking a beer, watching a ballgame and tell y'all about it all, missing his family, and counting his blessings.
Love y'all!
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