Day #201 (more or less) Whistles ... April Fool's Day + 22
Professional...
national IT in Construction project
conference call re
solicited participation from Twin Cities companies
created LinkedIn group
registered Blogger name
reviewed Skillport certificiation options
contacted LHH consultant...set date
professional writing
multiple LinkedIn posts and commentary
Inc. Magazine article commentary
Personal...
...more or less 4:00 AM...
About 4:00 this morning the nearby rumbling of
diesel locomotives pulling long freight, the tanker cars from the North
Dakota Bakken oil fields shortened my sleep. That was not all bad
since I was in the midst of some sort of dream
where an
intruder was in the house and I could not get free of my L.L Bean
flannel sheets. Over the course of more than an hour the trains
continued. In the daylight hours there are at least five trains per
day, westbound, often 100+ tankers. Having grown up about 100 feet from
the Rock Island tracks where the ever-passing freight trains and Rock
Island Rocket passenger trains defined the boundaries of my childhood
backyard playground and safety zone, I like the sounds, the rumbles, the
track noise and the long and short of warning train whistles, and the
awareness framed by an empty track, of something coming.
It's
almost six. I'm going back to bed until the next series of whistles.
Later today I'll undoubtedly be waiting on Victoria or Lexington,
watching a passing freight, reading the manufacturer's and maintenance
shop dates on the cars, interpreting the artwork and messages of
far-away taggers, enjoying the sights and sounds, a delay for some, a
show for me.
...more or less 3:33 PM...
Here's the Lexington Avenue prediction.
...4:55 PM...
This is on Snelling, 1/2 mile west of Lexington. The car carriers were followed by tankers.
...and so it goes...my prediction of waiting on Lexington and Victoria was correct...Snelling was a bonus
hey i'm up about at 4am. it's a great time to get things done! yes you need to write every day. yes diligence is in order. now i'm worrying about absorption because I have a lot of cats.
hey i'm up about at 4am. it's a great time to get things done!
ReplyDeleteyes you need to write every day.
yes diligence is in order.
now i'm worrying about absorption because I have a lot of cats.