Another busy day, but only half of it was spent in the retreat. We wrapped things up this morning. I gave a presentation on “application support tail” for which I put together a PowerPoint slide deck with some animated slides recapping the week in a humorous way. I think it went over pretty well. I…
Beth and Megan (and Shakespeare’s) birthdays today so happy birthday everyone! Up just before 6 AM and into the office by 6:30. Did some work on my “futures” presentation and then back to the retreat. Once again, meetings from 8 AM to 5 PM. Breakfast brought in. I was supposed to have lunch with Cathy…
So busy with the retreat that I don’t have much time to write here, so I’m doing mostly simple diary entries that stick to the basics, so forgive for a few days. Eventually things will return to normal. At least you’ll get a glimpse of what my “diary” blog entries look like. Up at 6…
I was up at 6 AM after getting nearly 10 hours of sleep last night. Some weird, recurring dreams, but otherwise, I slept well. I nervously used the hotel shampoo in the shower this morning, remembering the reaction I had a few weeks ago at the W in New York. So far, so good. I’m…
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The signs in the mall (above which my office building sits) read that there would be a 7 AM fire alarm test this morning, so naturally the alarms went off at 7:59 AM. Hopefully, someone wasn’t holding a flame to a fire extinguisher or 59 minutes, timing how long it took to detect the smoke.…
About once every 10 years or so, we are sent through customer service training. About the best training I’ve ever taken, in this respect, was by a company called Ouellette & Associates. I got to know two of the trainers very well and the training was the most applicable of the type I’d ever taken.…
I just finished about 3 hours of straight-forward, but tedious work. I was supposed to head to the airport at 4 PM, but Kelly’s flight was delayed 2 hours due to an equipment problem, so I’ve got time yet before I have to leave (and I’m watching the Yankees/Red Sox game at the moment). Going…
Frequent readers know that from time-to-time, I go off on some ethical tangent with an air of superiority that is probably somewhat off-putting, I imagine. I try not to do it often, but occasionally, it slips through. It therefore seems only fair that I am equally diligent about reporting my own flaws (as opposed that…
Happy April Fools‘ Day everyone! I was tempted to post that the Rainbow Room Birthday Bash had been canceled, but I was afraid I’d freak out too many people and so I’ve forgone having my fun in order that you all maintain your sanity. I’ve already had a busy morning at work, developing some reports…
I’m working from home today and I made sure to get an early start (6 AM) even though I’m home because I wanted to make sure I had time to run a few quick errands before heading off Orland tonight. So after putting in 3 straight hours (between 6 and 9 AM), I took a…
I seem to have gotten a second wind. If you don’t count my commute into the office this morning, I’ve been working for 9 hours already today!