In the Dark

I was in the dark this morning at work. Literally. My morning ritual is the following:

1. Arrive at work, greeting the concierge and any tenants in the lobby.
2. Head downstairs to my office, greeting anyone already at work at the copy machine(s).
3. Reach my office, turn on lights, hang up coat, log into my computer, put lunch in fridge while computer is logging in.

This is where my day hit a bump. I didn't realize it right away--in fact, not until I returned from the kitchen, but the light in my office was not working. Needlessly I remind the reader that I work in the basement. In a tiny office with no natural light. Basically, I work in a cave (albeit one nicely decorated with three Kandinsky prints and some bright paper flowers). Not one maintenance person was to be found, and most staff had not yet arrived to work. So I got down to business, most of my light coming from the glow of the computer screen. This was about 8:40am. Not until 11:00am did I finally find someone to fix my office light.

So, there you go: a little office incident for you.