4pm and on. Heavy breathing, listening to the city and ones own heartbeat. Life like inside a gift store crystal ball, with snowflakes dancing all around. Changing hats, clothes, roles, agenda. Moving on, cautiously, but trying not to slow down too much. All the afternoon.
Frühwintergrau, regennasse Beine, Architekturbilder und Zeitpläne im Kopf. Die Studenten gegenüber arbeiten wenig motiviert, hinter der Kreuzung entladen Möbelpacker eine Wohnzimmereinrichtung aus einem Umzugstransporter. Supermarkt des geringsten Misstrauens, neues Obst, anderes Personal, ungewohnt merkwürdige Stimmung, aber vielleicht fühlt man vorrangig das, was man mitbringt. (Auch: An der langen Schlange anstellen, warten und die Zeit im Leerlauf genießen, während der Geist unter der Musik aus den Ladenlautsprechern langsam weich wird. Irgendwann wünscht man sich ein schönes Wochenende, lässt die Türen hinter sich schließen und findet zurück dorthin, wo man eigentlich zu sein hat. Unten spielen die Kinder, Wind singt leise Melodien, die Woche flieht.)
(Too: Sessions disrupted, contacts rejected, a flow derailed again from an already narrow track. Unpleasant, concerning but it's software and it's global players so it seems all to remain is to shrug, accept and quietly move on.)
9am and on and feeling slightly off temporal track, mentally already halfway through the day again. Loose ends in short timeframes, disjoint problem sets, different people and the experience of being challenged by not just switching topics too fast but also changing communication moods too often. More coffee. And more rain.
4pm and on. Timer-controlled stars lighting up across the street. An anachronistic feeling, given it's still as bright as daylight possibly gets at this time of year. Also, moving around larger chunks of scheduled time. That weird sensation of standing near the edge of an appointment canceled on very short notice. Staring into unexpected emptiness, profoundly surprised. (Reshaping current reality. Not bother thinking about another days piles for a split second.)