Meantime

Just wanted to leave a quick note tonight. I'm freezing. The AC in my CHU is maxed, but I don't dare touch it- the other night I turned it back two degrees and went back to bed. An hour later I woke up and thought I was choking, but it was just the stifling temperature of the air in my throat. Which was just the ambient temperature of air at that time. The AC had gone out. Don't know if it was due to my meddling, but I've decided not to touch it anymore nonetheless. Oh, so I just wanted to say that I read all the comments- and go back and check if there are new ones- sorry if I can't respond to all of them- don't take it personally- please drop notes when the spirit moves you. And I might go a couple of days between posts- sometimes I don't have any stories to tell- and sometimes the internet goes down. They shut it down when there is a fatality in our AO until the next of kin is notified. It is an operational necessity, but in a way it has become somewhat like a silent tribute. We may come into the office, log on to check messages, and get nothing. We ask those around- 'hey, my internet's down- your's too?' and if we get that nod we know. We don't know who or where or how, but we know. And we work on something else; something in solitude; and it's a different kind of connection that is made.