Cat woke up from a midday nap to find that she had a melon head and grapefruit hands. Whats worse, whoever performed this frankenstinian operation had not properly sealed the seems between the stubs where her head and hands used to be and they leaked sticky juice down her neck and arms. Cat struggled mentally with the realization but any precursors to successful thoughts were damped by a cool sweetness.
In this state of sightless panic, she wonders if other body parts have been turned into fruit or vegetable matter...but everything else feels in tact.
Cat wonders if her friends will recognize her and if she will still be allowed to sleep on the couch with her neck leaking fruit juice. How will I be able to ride my bike?Exhausted from these difficult questions, Cat sprawls out on the grass by the Charles river ready to sob....what if she gets hit by a car trying to cross the street? Will her head explode?
As she lay there, she heard the sounds of bicycles, roller blades, young couples with baby carriages rolling along the path by the river. One voice yelled "Hey mellonhead!" as the individual whirred past. "I am not a melonhead" thought Cat, but her melon face stayed cool and smooth despite the mounting inner turmoil.
Cat's melon brain eventually needed to shut down and she fell asleep again......upon awaking her hands had popped out of the grapefruit and she was much relieved to at least cradle her heavy melonhead in her hands as she tried once again to mount the bucking bull of consecutive thought.
Cat eventually decided that her friends would let her sleep on the couch - even if she leaked melon juice - and began the 20min walk home. The afternoon sun felt good on her chest where her shirt now damply clung to her.
On the way, Cat thought she heard several others exclaim with joy at the sight of her melonhead (especially as she passed Whole Foods) but Cat was glad not to be in the position to make eye contact. At home, she was received warmly by Rayna who even tried suggesting that she liked the addition of the grapefruit...
With Rayna's help the melon was eventually pried off Cat's head and she thoroughly enjoyed washing the watermelon chunks out of her hair.
In other news:* I sat at an outdoor cafe with Suelin and saw a great band at the Cantab with a fiddle
* Stayed up chatting in PJs with Rayna and Bryan
* Passed Tom Cruise while running with Rayna along the Esplanade
* Visited Steve's new company's product development space
* Went with Nate to see a former pole vaulter perform his street performance act with his brother
I have been learning a new job at work for the last 5 weeks, and have been training 6 days a week for my first triathlon. The swimming and biking have been really fun and becoming a manager certainly gives me lots of new things to think about but I am looking forward to creating more space.
