Reality Bypass

Honest Trouble March 16, 2010

So this morning I came to work, as is usual.  I noticed a lot of people sitting in their cars outside and several emergency vehicles.  They seemed to be crowded around a bike which was lying in the road, so I figured there had been an accident but the police and paramedics had everything well in hand.  I’m a First Responder, but the general rule is to get out of the way of the authorities and one more rubber necker doesn’t help.  So I wander in and get settled down…and notice that there isn’t ANYONE else in the building which is kinda of odd for an accident.  Now I’m wondering if there was a bomb threat or something, but I also can’t find any of the previously mentioned authorities in the building either and about the time I’m ready to go look outside someone else walks in.  Apparently there was a fire and I’d been sitting here for fifteen minutes while they were still clearing the last of the building.  I’d gone up a flight of stairs when the firefighters were going down.  Oops.  Fortunately everything is okay, but it leaves me pondering as to how I read the situation.  My experience said get out of the way of what looks like an accident.  The truth was fire and I likely should have stayed in the car for another few minutes, but I didn’t see smoke and wasn’t told anything.  The quick path into honest trouble.  I’m glad it didn’t get any more dramatic than it did. 

So goals for today include staying out of more honest trouble, editing 5 chapters of the WIP, working up a book review for the blog here and signing up for the local produce co-op.

What are your goals?

Jana