It’s all about the Timing

Is it a godwink?

Is it happenstance?

Is it the universe stepping in to… whatever?

This year there has been a lot about timing and how things end up happening when they are supposed to happen.

Today was a prime example…

I started laundry and bread before I left for work… so I was running behind. I stopped for coffee… so I was running behind. I stopped to take a picture of Tower City Center across the river… so I was running behind…

All of these behinds I was running meant I was at the lift bridge late and the parking lot late.

All of these “lates” means I got to see a ship heading down the Cuyahoga river that I had never seen before. The Northern Venture. And she is a beautiful ship…

I, in all honesty, hate having to have start coming back into Cleveland twice a week. Fridays don’t suck nearly as bad as pretty much every other day. Even Mondays are uncomfortable (multiple people in the elevators gives me panic attacks… because… despite covid not being a thing any more I know dozens of people who have been having it recently.. and flu… and… and… and… and no one freaking cares). I can put in more productive hours at home than I can when I have to take the time to drive into town… especially when I am on call… and in 2025 I will “get” to work in the shiny new building where you can’t see either the river or the lake because it is half way in between the two.

But if I have to come into town, getting to see the boats (ships… freighters). The ships amaze me. The seagulls (this time of year… when the fish are (I think) spawning and getting chopped up by the ships…) remind me of a snow globe. The water… the water speaks to my soul.

If I had been on time… I might (key word might… since I don’t have a window any more) have gotten to see it from the sky (17th floor) but being late… just… wow.

AprilJoy…
11/13/2023