Monday, October 16, 2006

We had been working together for a little more than one year, but we never went beyond a hello/goodbye whenever we came across each other on campus. Although I try to be on my best behavior with most people at work, during a visit to her classroom on Friday things just so happened in such a way that allowed my silly side to surface, and she was quite receptive to it.

Without putting our duties on hold, our conversation alternated between moments of silliness and moments of deep thought. I expressed genuine surprise upon hearing that prior to becoming a teacher she had worked in the film industry; I was even more surprised to know she kept in her classroom a bag of basic tools. At the school where I work most teachers call on others to do the simplest of things, and here she was, keeping a bad of tools in her classroom. I just had to say it… “Good looks won’t cut it these days, eh?” She blushed.

I’m not sure at what point of our conversation it took place, but I definitely heard her say, “And I’m single, too!” I could have said something to the effect of “Not if I can help it, baby” but that would have been too presumptuous of me. Instead, I expressed in one single word exactly what I felt, “Kumbaya!” I didn’t intend to woo her, but it brought me a sense of hope to know that someone I found attractive (physically and otherwise) was still on the market.

I’m a man who tries to once in a while escape his reality. As I laid in bed that night, I could not help but ask for a signal from above… “If she shows up to work tomorrow I’ll know you’re trying to tell me something.” What the hell was I thinking?! She never shows up to work on Saturdays, why would she start now?!

The following morning things happened as they always do. I had a hard time waking up and I was like a zombie throughout the morning. With only five minutes left of my working day, I was in a better mood because I knew I’d soon be home, napping to my heart’s delight. As I walked toward the main office, I had to focus my eyes to make sure they weren’t being fooled… in front of me stood someone I wasn’t expecting to see. I almost looked up to the sky to say, “I read you loud and clear, my Lord.”

And that, dear reader, is how I introduce you to Dharma.

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