random thoughts – Day 1,596 – (Wednesday) – time and news

Tuesday was a weird in-office work day. It was Intern Development Day, and we hosted three interns in our department. It was the first time any interns were interested in checking out marketing. The morning was fun and then they were off to the next phase of their day. It was over in a blink. Then the afternoon hit, and good gawd it was the longest afternoon in the history of work. The weird part was that five of us at the office all felt the same way. Tick. (Very long space of time – probably enough to run a marathon). Tock. Time dragged and the afternoon felt like a week. Awareness of the passage of time is so weird.

Cool building near work.

This morning dawned fresh and kind of cloudy on the way to cloudier and a couple heavy downpours. The walk from garage to office was pleasant until suddenly it wasn’t. Very near the office and across the street sits a cool looking building on the corner with a rounded end wall with windows. On the approach to the building, I noticed an open door in the wall facing Merrimack Street. Inside, there was a lot of construction material as if a renovation is underway.

Coming soon!

A few steps further, I noticed the window displays of what was not that long ago a nightclub and stopped in my tracks. I can’t remember what used to hang in the windows, but I vaguely remember a dark blue fabric swag type thing. Whatever it used to be, it was gone, replaced by fresh, white lace curtains in all the windows. A Hello Kitty shopping bag and some small toys sat in one window display area. A pillow and an old timey telephone in another. Some cards with cute pictures. And the most informative element of all – a poster declaring “Coming Soon – Lazy Cat Lounge Cat Café.” A Cat Café!!! Right near work! That pleasant morning walk had just taken a turn to informative and spectacular. 

I couldn’t wait to share the news with a colleague. We imagined spending our lunch breaks cuddling kitties. We did some recon to see how long it will be before we can do so in real life. Fall. We have to wait until late fall, maybe even early winter.

Kiki on the run because I looked at her.

Based on our experience with the passage of time yesterday afternoon, the wait will either be quick or an eternity. Or both. Maybe we’ll be able to keep busy enough to not fully notice how long it’s taking. We can hope.

 In the meantime, I will keep working on Kiki. Maybe some day hopefully soon she won’t run away when I move my hand too quickly or worse, just look at her. Maybe some day I can pick her up and hold her for a second. Maybe some day she’ll sit with me on the couch. Or maybe she won’t. Either way, some day I’ll be able to go cuddle some strange cats in a local café.