I rather enjoy random things in life. They make me chuckle, and today was a little random so it made me chuckle.
I returned from my public speaking class in the morning to find a strange sight. Outside my office door is one of those plastic bins where you can place papers and folders BUT today I found a box of assorted chocolates. If it had just been a box of assorted chocolates with no note, that would have been random. However, I would have just maybe thought it was someone being nice and remaining anonymous. I mean, that kind of thing happens sometimes. However, the chocolates were wrapped in Christmas paper that said joy all over it, AND I knew they were chocolates without opening the package because half the wrapping paper was missing. It was like someone started to open a gift then lost interest. The wrapping paper took the event from random to mystifying. But, hey, whatever. The box was sealed, and I took the rest of the wrapping paper off the box and checked the back. There are no disgusting coconut-filled chocolates in the box, so I'm going to eat them and enjoy. Now, I just have to decide if it's even more mystifying that I'm wasting time writing about this.
Then, I got home tonight to discover a potential problem. My dad installed a motion light this winter because I get a little nervous when I get home and the backyard is all dark. I love my motion light, but now that the tree near the light is blossoming, the light unfortunately stays on all the time basically. I looked up and realized that one of the branches was actually touching the light. It probably wasn't really a problem, but I had visions of the garage going up in blossom-scented flames. This bothered me a little. You know, I didn't want to tell that story to my insurance agent. The problem was that the branch was high and pulling on lower branches to try to bring the offending branch within reach didn't help. So, I drug a ladder out of the house to the backyard, climbed onto the very, very top step where you are never, ever, ever supposed to stand, and took care of the fire hazard with some garden pruners. No worries. I had my cell phone in my pocket, so as long as I wasn't knocked completely conscious if I had happened to fall in stupidity, I would have been able to call for help. Obviously, the rescue crews would have been able to find me easily because the yard is still perpetually lit up.
Now, it's been a long day. I was at school from 9:30 to 4:30 and went back for a special session in the computer lab for students who wanted help (exactly one of them came) from 6:00 - 8:00. I think I'm going to continue the random streak and be asleep before midnight.
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