It was winter here in South Dakota when this happened. There was a lot of snow coming down. I was still living at home at the time, and I was driving into town to pick up a couple of things. I saw a car on the side of the highway, flashers on, and a few people trying to figure out what to do.

Initially, I just passed them by because I was going the opposite direction. It didn’t take long for me to pick up the things I was looking for (it was probably just soda and snacks or something) so I was back out on the snowy roads in a couple of minutes. I retraced my driving route and found those people still on the side of the road, and noticed they were trying to deal with a tire issue, so I stopped to help them out.

They were probably a few years younger than I was, somewhere between high school and college aged, and they didn’t fully know how to change a tire. So I offered to help them out and they were grateful for the assistance.

It only took me a couple minutes because they had already managed to get the jack in place, but I quickly got them back in action and safely off of the side of the road during a mild snow storm.

I guess this depends on whether or not the person on the receiving end of the information is unable to see me because of external interference (like a wall, or over the phone) or if they are visually impaired. I say this because the former might have solid reference material for comparisons while the latter does not.

For instance, I could say I’m average height for a guy (because I am) but what does that “look” like in the mind of a blind individual? Get the idea?

Anyways, yes, I’m an average height guy (I’m assuming 5’6″ is average) with a huskier build. Because of work I typically wear polo shirts and slacks or jeans. Short brown hair, brown eyes, glasses, and a beard for the last several months. I look like a boring yet almost stereotypical nerd. At least, I think I do. No visible tattoos yet, and I don’t wear flannels, so I don’t really look like what people were stereotyping hipsters as looking. Sometimes I wear hats, specifically baseball caps.

I can’t think of anything else to throw out there to describe myself, so I hope this works.

The day isn’t over yet, but I can say that in some ways, so far, it has been a fairly typical Monday.

Got up, got ready for and headed to work. Very few meetings today, which has been the trend for several months now it feels like.

How it HASN’T been typical? I’ve had a deep conversation with a friend relating to a mutual friend/acquaintance, sharing learned details about this person, and coming to terms with reality about them. THAT kind of conversation, or the results, aren’t typical everyday occurrences. Which is good that it doesn’t happen often, but it’s unfortunate that things have come to where they are today. Thankfully, my friend and I are very much in agreement about things, so I’m not dealing with everything by myself.

Sorry to be vague about all of that, but it’s for the best, and just about everything else about today has been great!

There really isn’t much of a story because I don’t exactly have any nicknames.

For online gaming my username is typically some variation of Arborial_Dragon (with and without the underscore separating, sometimes no space, sometimes a period) but I’m usually just called “Dragon” because that’s easier for people to say than “Arborial”. One streamer I used to chat with called me “Arbo”, though.

I don’t have any nicknames with my friends, and my family doesn’t typically call me anything other than my first name. My nieces and nephews as toddlers are a different story. They can’t enunciate well so they usually just said “Tay” or “Ay”.

Fairly standard nicknaming, I think.