alright

not really sure why i'm still up because i'm usually out by now. i think part of it is that i have a headache that just will not allow me to sleep. another reason is that i had a (i've been trying to think of the right adjective to put here, but i can't so i'll just say) strange day. and maybe a third reason is because i just redid my blog template thing and i'm excited to have a new post on it.

work has been very busy lately. i have a tendency to get overwhelmed if i feel like i'm behind, but the key words there are 'feel like'. because i'm really not i suppose. just have a lot more going on these days. work days go by so fast. anyway, so on my lunch break i went to subway and right when i walked in the door wanted to turn back around because the line was so extensive. i'm talking like 12-15 people in front of me. but i knew i already had to pay a dollar in the parking garage no matter what so i figured i'd stay and hope the line abated quickly. i end up being in subway for a total of 35 minutes- just to get my food and rush back to the office for a meeting.

what made the subway line bearable was that the man in front of me started a conversation right when i came up behind him in line. when he first started to talking to me i really wasn't interested in what he had to say because i just wanted to get my sandwich and get back to work (because of all the things i kept going over on my internal to-do list). but then after talking for about 5 minutes, i realized he was a harmless old friendly man who was trying to pass the time just as much as i was. we ended up talking about how he just moved here a couple months ago and was asking about more places to eat (subway was the only place he'd been for lunch since he moved here- the lady there had his order memorized). then he asked about what i do, and from that we got into a discussion about autism. and i don't know. there wasn't anything extraordinary about our conversation- he was just a good-natured old man and it made a 35 minute line seem like not that long.

then when i was in my car on my way home from work, while stopped at a red light i started going over one of those to-do lists in my head again and kind of leaned back in my chair and put my hand on my head. my window was rolled down and i must have looked like something was really wrong because the people in the car next to me rolled down their window and the guy got my attention and said, 'hey! everything's gonna be alright. everything's gonna be alright..' i kind of laughed and said thank you. and then he rolled up the window and the light turned green. and i thought... yep, i guess everything really is gonna be alright.