Monday, January 03, 2005

Back to work again!

Here I find myself at work again. Yesterday, as I got home, Isabel awaited. I had a stressful time due to her reading my manuscripts and discovering certain details kept away from here. Now, I know words have an impact on others and it’s about time I set the record straight. As I climbed the stairs home, I smelled our cat’s urine. I inspected the roof landing, and found it there, on the dirty floor, staring blankly. The pain it caused me to see the conditions of his livelihood, deposed of all vanity and thinner than before from days of starvation. Rapidly, I entered home and prepared him something to eat, and put some water in a container and gave it to him. The animal didn’t take an initiative to drink so I forced him to until I saw his minute tongue stick out and lick his watered nose. I resolved that if I saw him in the morning, I would take in, but as I exited the building, upon checking his whereabouts, the feline was nowhere to be found. I went down the stairs and saw him on the set leading to the first floor, and we live on the fifth. I didn’t have time to turn back. So I left him there. Part of the argument rotated around the idea of bringing a cat and not facing the responsibility involved. The rest, of course, with my past carnal affairs, of which I will discuss in full detail once I’m done working here today and head back home. Now time is not enough to embark on details of those accounts. I had been assigned to do some fire watch but instead I am now conducting relieves for co-workers stuck on a day designated as off for Pfizer employees. It’s a lot easier to work today, and although not as easy as we have it on weekends, still far better than normally.

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