Activity Across the Street

See maid wielding wet rag on top of broom leaning out of window in very dangerous way to wash window. Imagine her falling, and get scared excited feeling. Imagine calling 911. Make up speech to be given to the Emergency Operator. Maid withdraws indoors without incident. Am mostly relieved, but her return to safety leaves me nothing to do but to turn back to unsavory task started yesterday--cause of many unhappy and angry feelings--producing fundraising database reports. This is, apparently, to make up a large part of my job. Cindy Stevens is understanding but firm on this point as she shows me how said reports are produced. On the one hand, see that process is relatively simple. On the other hand--this hand much larger--feel exact mixture of panic, dread, and helplessness first experienced when learning how to do Algebra in 7th grade.