Monday, June 16, 2008
Realize
The newest Colbie Caillat single, Realize, is a great song. It's a little understated, with her folksy acoustic guitar vibe, but I really dig the way the lyrics fit so neatly into the melody. The other day, I wanted to listen to it at work, so I looked it up on YouTube and saw the music video for the first time. Wow, they really nailed this song with the video - especially the ending. I don't think there is much that is more romantic than someone waiting on the doorstep for you.
Monday, June 02, 2008
The Cleaning Lady
This past Saturday, I was driving home from downtown Princeton, when I decided to get some comfort food, because I was in some sort of a funk. After leaving CVS with chocolate squares in hand (dark chocolate, of course), I got back in to my car, which was parked directly in front of a bank. The bank building is kind of modern - it's a fairly small building, one story, and two of the four walls are all glass. Once seated in my car, I looked up, straight into the bank through one of the window walls, and noticed that there was a cleaning woman in the bank.
Here it is, Saturday night, at 9:30, and this young lady is cleaning the bank. And she was actually doing a really thorough job, too, even lifting up the phone and papers to dust under them (I wish our cleaning people did half that much). And on top the day and hour, this woman was actually quite pregnant - I'm terrible at judging this sort of thing, but she looked pretty big to my eyes. I'd guess 8+ months.
I started to feel slightly guilty for being in a funk. My problems are silly. Here is this woman, working on a Saturday night, pregnant (I started to wonder about her - is she married, is her husband employed, is the guy even around), and doing a really bang up job. I'm not sure I would clean under the phones on a Saturday night, especially if I was carrying an almost full-term baby in my belly. I watched her for a few minutes, but I think she noticed me staring at her. I didn't want to make her uncomfortable, so I drove off, but the whole thing stuck in my mind. It was beautiful in a way, and sad, and comforting, and humbling.
Here's to you, cleaning lady - all the best with the baby and everything!
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Now playing: Blessid Union of Souls - I Believe
via FoxyTunes
Here it is, Saturday night, at 9:30, and this young lady is cleaning the bank. And she was actually doing a really thorough job, too, even lifting up the phone and papers to dust under them (I wish our cleaning people did half that much). And on top the day and hour, this woman was actually quite pregnant - I'm terrible at judging this sort of thing, but she looked pretty big to my eyes. I'd guess 8+ months.
I started to feel slightly guilty for being in a funk. My problems are silly. Here is this woman, working on a Saturday night, pregnant (I started to wonder about her - is she married, is her husband employed, is the guy even around), and doing a really bang up job. I'm not sure I would clean under the phones on a Saturday night, especially if I was carrying an almost full-term baby in my belly. I watched her for a few minutes, but I think she noticed me staring at her. I didn't want to make her uncomfortable, so I drove off, but the whole thing stuck in my mind. It was beautiful in a way, and sad, and comforting, and humbling.
Here's to you, cleaning lady - all the best with the baby and everything!
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Now playing: Blessid Union of Souls - I Believe
via FoxyTunes
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