Boron - Chapter 25

Remember how I told you, you could sort of tell if you were
off by how close you could guess what time it is? Well,
another indicator is if you bump into things just a tiny bit
or you are just a tiny bit clumsy. Don't forget HALT.
Hungry. Angry. Lonely. Tired. When I went into that mess
hall, I was all of this except angry and I was probably a
little angry too.

Now, here's an interesting thing about both of these two
incidents. In both cases, I was "wrong". Not big deal wrong.
But wrong from a not being aware and on top of things
aspect. You see, in the incident with my roommate, if I had
been aware, I would have realized that my radio was causing
an infuriating disturbance. And, in this recent incident in
the mess hall, I should have realized that this guy was
deliberately positioned there for the express purpose of
rationing out the ice and here I was responding to his "What
about the rest of the guys?" with the answer, "To
hell with the rest of the guys!"

And, believe it or not, I said that a little unconsciously
because I sort of thought he was joking. You see, I just
wasn't on top of things.

On the street, neither of these things would have been a big
deal. But here, there is a lot less slack.

So, now that I know I'm off, what do I do? Well, I certainly
don't intend to fight this guy who I refer to as "The
Rodent". That could cost me six months extra in the joint.
But, I don't want many more of these incidents either. So,
what I intend to do is lay low for a while until I am
feeling strong and not feeling vulnerable.

You know why I'm going to lay low? It's because I'm
concerned. Not physically scared ("The Rodent" isn't very
threatening) but concerned that I better get back on top
mentally to be more prepared to deal with this environment.