An unsettled evening.....

Nope, nothing yippy skippy to write this evening.

It's.... an unsettled evening. One of those times when nothing seems to fit.

On the whole, it was a good day. An overnight icing gave us a two hour delay at school, and thats a gift. Missed days must be made up, but days we are delayed don't. That means an extra hour or two of sleep, instead of up at 5:30 as usual.
Then, students arrive shortly before we send them to lunch (brunch). After that, a quick test and an afternoon of controlled chaos, and highly energetic at that.
All in all, a good Friday.

So.... why am I out of sorts this evening?

It's.... just an odd evening. The world seems about one half step out of synch. Lonely, despite the people around. Even the dogs are quiet. Even trying to write isn't working well tonight. Nothing flows smoothly.

Looks like it's going to be a long one...........

The image above is a rock, slowly engulfed by a tree over a great many years. That rock... now almost part of the tree... but never really. It's there, filling the space fate willed it, but it will never join completely into the tree no matter how much it's surrounded. What may have once been a comforting embrace is now almost a prison.

Some days, it really sucks to be the rock.