I like my phone cords to coil smoothly from base to receiver. With the evolution of phones to the cordless variety, this is less of an issue–except at my office, where corded phones are still the norm. When I left on maternity leave 4 months ago, the cord on my desk phone was in pristine condition. I came back last week to find a kinky, tangled mess. Whoever was working at my desk must have been stretching and pacing all over the office with that thing because it will no longer retract to its formerly smooth state. It’s been bothering me to the point of distraction. I’m considering sneaking into the conference room and swapping my cord with the nice one from that phone.
March 29, 2007
My Modest Agenda
As an English major in college and even for a while after, I used to write every day. Now I’m lucky if I manage to write out a weekly grocery list. I miss it. Like most everyone else I know, I cite being too busy as an excuse, but that’s not entirely true. While working fulltime and tending to two young children leaves little time for much else, the truth is that if writing were important enough to me I would find the time—somehow. So this is an attempt to do just that. I wanted to start off with something smart, or profound, or clever, or funny. Just to set the tone. But that seemed too intimidating, so I decided to simply start writing, and see where it goes.
