January 4, 2008 — 12:34 PM
How typically me
Every single personality type test I have even taken (and I have take quite a few) says that duty and responsibility are very important to me. Likewise, I want people to be able to rely on me. I offer these comments to help explain why - on this horribly, awful, stormy day - I went to work this morning.
When my alarm went off this morning I actually laid in bed listening to the wind and the rain and thought to myself, "I should call in and say that it is too dangerous to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge and up into Marin." I thought this several times before dragging myself out of my very comfortable bed, getting dressed, and making the crazy drive up to the seminary in San Anselmo.
To make this commute, I had to drive down streets littered with tree limbs and leaves, through multiple intersections with the lights out (scary when people forget or ignore that this means the intersection becomes a four-way stop), through flooded lanes, and closed roads. When I finally arrived, I told my coworker that I had contemplated calling in to beg off from coming over and she said I should have done that!
Ugh! Oh me. Why do I do this? What does risking my life to sit in my office really prove?
I decided that sitting in my office was silly if it meant I was going to get stuck at the seminary due to rising waters all around San Anselmo. So, one and a half hours after making the crazy commute from SF to Marin, I turned around and worked my way back home. This was even crazier since more lanes and roads were closed by this time. I was beginning to worry that I wouldn't be able to make it out of Marin.
But I am home again with no plans to go out for the foreseeable future. Just me and my book on the couch listening to the storm rage outside. That's how it should have been all along!
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At 12:59 PM on January 4, 2008, Tiffany wrote:
Well done, you!