I think the cipro is making me a little edgy*. I seem to be unusually sensitive to coworkers tromping by my cubicle, gawking out my segment of window, and remarking on the fact that it’s snowing. Yes, yes it is. It’s been snowing, heavily, since lunchtime, so people have been remarking on this since lunchtime. Really observant stuff, too, like “Wow, it’s really coming down!” and the witty “Maybe we’ll get to go home early!” This wouldn’t be so bad if about 15 separate people hadn’t done it, saying more or less the same thing, with the grace and intelligence of a succession of circus clowns tumbling from a tiny car.
I guess I should take heart that I actually have a window in my cubicle. Only about 10 non-corner office-types here do. The avenue isn’t so wide that I can’t catch some Rear Window-like glimpses of people in the office buildings across the street, working, or perhaps writing blog entries.
* Edginess doesn’t seem to be one of the official side effects or warnings associated with cirpo, at least according to the alarmist Patient Information brochure Duane Reade provided when it filled my prescription. But here are some of the genuine warnings: don’t take multivitamins within several hours of taking cipro; avoid excessive sunlight and tanning booths; and don’t eat any dairy products along with cipro. In other words, do not taunt cipro.