There were a couple days of feeling rested and pretty okay, but those seem to now be historical footnotes and I’m back to tired. Or maybe it was the mostly quiet and extra low-key office vibe that sucked the life out of me today.
Whatever the cause, the result was me fighting to stay awake in the space between work and an author event at Pollard Library at 6:00. I was very close to putting my head down on the desk and taking a nap at 5:00 but I was afraid the cleaners would arrive and I'd be embarrassed or they would think I was deceased.
An option for the time gap was to walk to the parking garage and drive the car back to park the bank’s lot. It would put me closer to the car when the event at the library was finished, but it would also mean dealing with Merrimack Street traffic in the thick of the after-work volume. The event was having hors d’ouervres, so going somewhere for supper seemed a bit extra.
I walked over from the office, pausing for a minute or two at the small grassy island loaded with American flags fluttering in the breeze in preparation for Memorial Day. It's more than just a grassy traffic island, it's a war memorial and the gravesite of Luther C. Ladd and Addison O. Whitney, two of the earliest soldiers to die in the Civil War.
The event at the library featured author Casey Sherman who talked about his many books exploring true crimes including the new book Blood in the Water: The Untold Story of a Family Tragedy. He started as an investigative journalist before beginning to write true crime books. He's written about The Boston Strangler, Whitey Bulger, and the Boston Marathon bombing, and several of his books have been made into movies.
It was a great presentation with lots of stories and interesting questions from the audience. The library has many amazing stained glass windows and the sun was really letting some of them show off. One window in a corner was glowing with golden light but I thought it would be really rude to being taking lots of pictures of windows while sitting a few feet away from the guest speaker and only got some of the window above where the speaker was standing.
I was very tempted to buy books, but decided to wait until after selling the house and relocating. I must stay in downsize and declutter mode.
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