Now I do believe that the crows are starting to know me. They expect the nuts. And one, flies after me for a second helping. When I see crows or magpies on the side of the road when I am driving I feel crazy corvid love.
(Wouldn't Corvids and the Crone be a good name for a blog?)
I needed that crow-love on a day when I woke up after not enough sleep* with Obergruppenfuhrer Rage in residence.
Now, I am horribly familiar with Captain Fear, Ms Anxiety and the extended family of The Blues. But Ogruf. Rage is a less regular caller.
(Incidentally, the insignia of highly ranked Sturmabteilung officers featured oak leaves and acorns.
Adolf Hitler gave oak saplings to all the gold medal winners at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. One has been saved in Norfolk. Apparently it’s nothing to do with Nazism because it was awarded at the Games and before WWII broke out.
Right.
Look, I’m all for saving trees, but let’s not pretend that there is no Nazi association in a tree gifted by Herr Hitler.
I mean, come on, guys.
Anyway.)
Rage. Yeah, so I got an email about a work thing and that set me off. Before work, no one answered the phone when I wanted to moan. The dog tried to chase the peanuts. The cats didn’t come and lie with me when I thought an extra 90 minutes of shuteye before the commute would help matters. So, obviously, I did not sleep. I forgot to book the car service and collect the prescription. The boiler guy and the tree surgeon dude are coming on the same day but a week late than I wanted. I don’t know what to do about certain home furnishing issues. The jays have not been seen by me for a couple of days. The lawn needs mowing. The washing machine is inconsistent. I may have insurance but can I be bothered to deal with washing machine people?
Then in work, of course, everyone was annoying. I mean, why do some folks take so long and chat so much? Why are some people disorganised? Why the fuck do idiots leave their dirty mugs in the sink so other virtuous but enRAGEd individuals can't wash up their Tupperware without removing a job-lot of Covid-19-infected drinking vessels?
And why oh why was there a 50mph speed restriction for 50 miles on the M1?????
And so on.
Ogruf. Rage is annoying and exhausting. I am annoying and exhausted.
I’ll get back to bed.
*The clock is home time two nights/mornings in a row.
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