List of Day-Enders
I was walking to class yesterday, soaked to the bone from the torrential rains Philly was enduring, and I got to thinking...while being soaked from rain isn't one, there are a number of things that, once having happened, indicate my day is over. What I mean to say is, there are certain things that will immediately put an end to my excursion. Should they happen, I would turn right around and go home. These are a few I thought of:
- Any sort of spilling on to the groinal region. If I drive to the train, get the train, start walking to class and fumble with my coffee, spilling it on the front of my pants...my day is over. Right there on the street I will turn right around and go home. Theres just no recovering from that. I don't carry a spare pair of pants in my backpack and I can't pull off the sweater-around-the-waist thing.
- Vomiting. I don't drink, so I've never incorporated vomiting in to my normal routine. I could be in a spaceship about to dock at the International Space Station, if I vomit, this adventure is over. Close the hatches and notify the groundcrew, I'm coming home.
- Bleeding. Anything larger than a papercut and this day is done. Not only that, depending on the location, I may not be leaving my house for a while. I see people with, like, fresh scars with the stitches still in them walking around. You've got to be crazy. I'm in bed softly sobbing and trying not to move.
- Crime Victimization. Robbed or mugged, and to home I go.
- Lapsing in to unconsciousness. Day. Over.
- Bitten by a human. If I get on the train, and a dwarf that had been hiding under my seat rolls out and sinks his sharp little teeth in to my calf, I'm done. I'll get off at the next stop, wait for a train taking me back, and immediately return home.
