playing taps

this morning i was standing in front of the automatic coffee machine making myself a cup of tea. it was english breakfast tea, the only kind of tea available with caffeine. the used to have earl grey. i like earl grey tea, but i didn't like it so much in the instant form, from this machine. now that it's not available anymore, i wish i could have it. such is life. so as i waited i started tapping my feet, heel to toe, toe to heel. some secret observer might think i was trying tap dance or something. i was just being fidgety. i saw the sign-up sheet for free flu vaccines. i'm already signed up, but i checked the date. i don't want to miss it. i will be going to hospitals a lot, and i will probably be exposed to the flu, and with a toddler at home and a baby one the way i have to be careful. on the way out with my tea i grabbed a coffee stirrer, even though i do not add anything to my tea. back at my desk, as usual, i cut it in half, and proceed to chew on it and fiddle with it, because of this lifelong oral fixation i have. after lunch it will be a toothpick.