Joke's On Me

Well, yesterday the universe said "hold my beer" after my rant and crying jag about the flood in my music therapy office and sent the entire education wing into an electrical emergency requiring evacuation, a visit from both the fire department and the power company, and flickering lights, loud buzzing noises, and a fishy smell in the area.

Strangely, this actually made me feel better. Shared catastrophe is better than solitary catastrophe. I am also interested to see if these two incidents are related in any way because my leak is about 30 feet along the same roof from the electrical box that went bad yesterday. It seems very coincidental.

I was able to move my desk and electronics away from my water-soaked office to the storage room yesterday with a little bit of help from one of our behavior specialists. I still have some file cabinets and a bookcase and bulletin boards to move over. Once the roof is fixed, I want to transform the former office into an instrument room where I can place the big instruments that are currently in the storage room (the drum set, the electric instruments, and the amplifiers, brass instruments, and large drums). 

This has been part of a plan for some time now. I moved my office space into the small room because I wanted to be able to see interns doing their thing while I was semi-hidden in the office. I can't see into the room when I am in the storage room. Once I closed my internship, I realized that I could get the big room back - with some changes to where I keep things. I am going to figure out how to store the bigger instruments once I am assured that there won't be as many leaks in that room. It is easier to replace drum sets and trombones than it is to replace my visual aids and curated book collections.

By the time we were back in our building, none of us were in a relaxed state. My afternoon groups did not show up - this made me feel a bit guilty because I was NOT looking forward to trying to do groups in my state of being early on in the morning. Did my desire to just cry in the corner lead to an electrical emergency? Probably not, but it still seems coincidental. I was able to get my computer back from the IT department and catch up on things like email and thinking. I still haven't finished my documentation for Tuesday, but I have time to do my notes today and tomorrow so I can catch up with a bit of energy and dedication.

What will today bring?

I am almost afraid to think that far in the future. I anticipate that I will have more water situations happening because we are warming up today and tomorrow. I think that the snow pack on the roof will melt and come down into my room. I have buckets to collect the biggest leaks. My important things are no longer in that place so I can relax a bit about getting things soaked. The electronic things have been moved and set up in a different area that is not currently leaking, So, for now, I am feeling pretty secure in my ability to handle what comes - even if it happens just to me.

I wish I was living in less interesting times, but that's the way life goes.