I came to work today ready to face the day.  On the agenda, finding some contact information for different schools, and doing some data entry and running some reports.  I went to sit down set myself up for the day and as I reached for my headphones, which provide me with sanctuary from the sounds of the day, I was saddened to see that I had left them at home.

I rely on my headphones to keep me sane, to give me my own little world…now I hear everything…and …. nothing (dramatic crumble to a crouch in the spotlight of an interpretive dance).