Solitary Time
if you think about, most of us spend a good of our day surrounded by others. me, for example, i'm in a miniscule cube, sandwiched on two sides, and with a network printer on the other. our group is not overly noisy and that's fine by me, but we have a lot of visitors so it can get boisterous. which again, is fine. when i worked at the toxic waste dump, our area was so quiet that you could have heard a pin drop on the plush carpet.
so i enjoy the fact that it's not a morgue and that we are free to talk with each other, laugh, have fun, etc. but when i think about the time that i really have to myself, each day, it's very limited. i drive to and from work (maybe 20 to 25 minutes), whatever little time i grab in the bathroom stalls, and any errand running i do.
what i have found that gives me great peace is floating in the pool. and by floating, i mean, just me, no raft. i discovered over fourth of july weekend, by accident really, that i do not need floatation devices of any kind as i am one heck of a bouyant creature. i knew i was kinda bouyant when the adorable and i took some preliminary snorkling/scuba lessons a few years ago and the instructor had to weight me down because all my body wanted to do was float to the top.
i guess the good news is that if you threw me out in the middle of the ocean i wouldn't sink. i'm just a little fatty floating machine and i have to say it gives me a lot of peace. as i float around, the water cushioning me, the only thing i can actually hear is the water burbling around from the jets. that's it. i can watch the birds fly overhead and the branches sway in the breeze, but it's almost like i'm in a sound proof bubble.
i wonder if floating softly along is anything like being in a womb. and the reason i say that is because there is a comfort and safeness and tranquilty, and i think there's a correlation there as to why i like the water so very much.
the hard part is that our pool season here is very short--in a couple of months it will be over as the days shorten and the days grow cooler. and i just hope i can hold onto a little piece of the peace, quiet, and solitude i've found.
so i enjoy the fact that it's not a morgue and that we are free to talk with each other, laugh, have fun, etc. but when i think about the time that i really have to myself, each day, it's very limited. i drive to and from work (maybe 20 to 25 minutes), whatever little time i grab in the bathroom stalls, and any errand running i do.
what i have found that gives me great peace is floating in the pool. and by floating, i mean, just me, no raft. i discovered over fourth of july weekend, by accident really, that i do not need floatation devices of any kind as i am one heck of a bouyant creature. i knew i was kinda bouyant when the adorable and i took some preliminary snorkling/scuba lessons a few years ago and the instructor had to weight me down because all my body wanted to do was float to the top.
i guess the good news is that if you threw me out in the middle of the ocean i wouldn't sink. i'm just a little fatty floating machine and i have to say it gives me a lot of peace. as i float around, the water cushioning me, the only thing i can actually hear is the water burbling around from the jets. that's it. i can watch the birds fly overhead and the branches sway in the breeze, but it's almost like i'm in a sound proof bubble.
i wonder if floating softly along is anything like being in a womb. and the reason i say that is because there is a comfort and safeness and tranquilty, and i think there's a correlation there as to why i like the water so very much.
the hard part is that our pool season here is very short--in a couple of months it will be over as the days shorten and the days grow cooler. and i just hope i can hold onto a little piece of the peace, quiet, and solitude i've found.
posted by the princess at 7/13/2006
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