It was raining when I went to work this morning. It was my first experience walking in the crowd of students while all of us were using umbrellas. What IS she talking about? Imagine that on a daily basis, when you walk to class, you walk in this large mass of people. Students come out from their residences in different directions and merge into one big mass heading towards the teaching buildings on the other side of the campus. There is only one way there and we all have to funnel through a short underground tunnel. If you're lucky, you walk with the flow. If you're not, you feel like a salmon swimming upstream.
Today, there was a rainbow of umbrellas. I would have loved to have taken a photo but I was quite frankly too afraid to stop. You see, if you stop, you might get trampled. As I walked closer to the mass, I was wondering how holding up umbrellas would affect my personal space. As you can imagine, personal space is at a premium here, along with privacy but that's another blog entry. I got my answer quickly as I walked along and felt my umbrella nudged from behind. So much for the extra couple of inches that I was hoping for.
J
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