The World Series Champs - Boston Red Sox…
It was a big deal for Mark….I think he stayed up for the game. It’s their first World Series title since 1918. Longtime to wait….about time the team got its act together…
I try to go to bed by 11ish….I end-up waking up around 6…taking about an hour to fit some yoga in and get ready for work…then I pick up my laptop and head for Cafe Nero. Here, I check e-mail and catch up on news…I like this headline posted on the Google News site (from China):
Red Sox sweep Cardinas to win first crown since 1918
Xinhua - 22 minutes ago
Then I go home….drop off my laptop and then head for the Oxford Circus Tube stop….I go to work….
Ok - why don’t I just get to work early and catch up on e-mail and news at one of those terminals? Well…sure, I may work for a news agency….they deliver news to a clients all over the world…but it’s a 24-hour operation…and each workstation is utlized for editing….so…I feel super bad about taking up one computer to do my daily e-mail/news catch-up.
Thanks to my Econ and Chicago Broadcast classes - I am no stranger to waking up before 8AM…..hell…both classes expected me in the newsroom by 8….and downtown Chicago was an hour-train-ride away from my dorms in Evanston.
Thank heavens I have my own laptop in Europe.
Back in Chicago…it was nice to have that train ride before classes - it gave me some time to browse through the Chicago Tribune….basically, it’s a cram session for the random news quizzes. I also had time to listen to NPR and catch a little CNN and MSNBC….as I’m getting ready for work….now I have to wake-up with the alarm on my cell phone…it’s the only noise I have going on…..then I get dressed and eat some yogurt…in silence. I just don’t want to wake-up Mark….I do miss listening the morning news on the radio…If I watch too much TV news in the morning, it sets me back a bit….I suppose I’m dazzled by all the pretty graphics….at least with the radio…I can multi-task with eating and still focus on the news….
Overall….I guess I’m still getting used to waking up in the silence….even with Mark sleeping in the same flat….I feel alone.
Maybe today will be better…maybe I’ll feel useful again….maybe I’ll go home early….I don’t want to get my hopes up….I don’t want to be disappointed…it’s fucking a difficult balancing act.
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