Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Tuesday is not going to be a good day

I saw two crows near a nest on my way to work this morning. There were two magpies a bit further off and squarking like mad. One crow was looking at the Magpies that were quite close together and the other was edging closer to the nest. There was nothing I could do but watch, I have to go to work, I have to see what's happening. I'm standing near the curb on the other side of the road one of the crows is almost on top of the nest-I hope they are battling over an empty and well built nest rather than the eggs that might be in it. The crow watching the magpies flies off, the magpies dive at the remaining crow and there is what I would describe as a scuffle if it were humans on the ground, but being birds in a tree and in the air its more graceful and delicate for about 30 seconds. The magpies settle on their branch and the crow begins to edge closer to the nest again, the outcome is sealed, the crow is too big and even though they out number it and have proven their bravery the magpies will lose the nest and anything it may contain. The crow is even closer to the nest now, but I can't see it properly as I've moved along the road, concious of the fact that I do have somewhere to be quite soon, still near the curb unaware of the puddle in the road just below my feet until, SPLASH! I'm not soaked just a bit soggy around the ankles. Just enough to snap me out of the fascination. I had better go, I shouldn't watch the grizzly inevitable outcome-the magpies wouldn't risk so much for a good nesting site.

So, work it is. My duties have been swapped around, so I'm not doing my favourite on I'm doing the worst one possible. The supervisor is in a foul mood and has the attitude 'if I'm not happy no-one can be happy today.' She's been awkward, giving indications without actual answers and rolling her eyes when I ask for clarification, open emails implying the responses I've given are ridiculous without actually reading the original. I've tried to be nice, it's time to send open emails back saying I need her to be more specific. I'm not in the mood to talk to someone being a dipstick today.
Shame, I'm on the phones.

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