let's try again
well, i had the best intentions. on the plus side, i have been working out more and that's a very good thing. i've also been reading more, another good thing. but yeah, it's been a while since i actually wrote anything here despite having recommitted to checking in every once in a while.
i could make a million excuses. but i won't, other than to say, it's still been busy at work.
last night after work i did something crazy that was very uplifting. three coworkers and i drove 9 1/2 hours to windsor, a city near the US border, in order to attend another coworker's father's visitation. her father had terminal cancer and had been sick for several years. we left at 3:30 in the afternoon and ran into brutal traffic, horrible weather conditions and made it to the viewing with less than a 1/2 hour left in the viewing. the look on her face -- and her mother's face -- was worth the long drive. we all could tell immediately how much showing up meant to the family during such a difficult time.
that was just part of the wonders of yesterday. i got to spend time with 3 other people that i didn't know well. in their kind efforts to keep me awake and alert, they told stories about themselves and i learned so much more about all of them than i would have learned in months, maybe years.
and i had a wonderful lunch with two mothers. one, a very pregnant, soon-to-be new mom, and the other, a just 40 mother of two, shared stories about their experiences and passed on valuable birth information -- the mother of two, a very earthy-crunchy woman, set the soon to be mom's mind at rest by vigorously advocating the use of epidurals and every other thing that might be offered by the attending physician.
clearly it's the week of lunch. today i'm lunching with one of my best friends, a woman who has been challenged this year by bravely facing breast cancer. although we work together and see each other every day, we are constantly struggling to find time to get together and enjoy some down time.
it's been a real week of sharing. on tuesday, i was a speaker for a university undergrad business class. the students never cease to amaze me with their questions -- and their gall. some are so fixated on money that's it's completely unbelievable that they will ever get any. others are so ill-equipped for the real world that they ask questions that are utter nonsense. then there are the gems -- the students that you can't wait to see their success.
well, it's another day, and as a teacher once said, another chance to excel. and go to work. tgif!
i could make a million excuses. but i won't, other than to say, it's still been busy at work.
last night after work i did something crazy that was very uplifting. three coworkers and i drove 9 1/2 hours to windsor, a city near the US border, in order to attend another coworker's father's visitation. her father had terminal cancer and had been sick for several years. we left at 3:30 in the afternoon and ran into brutal traffic, horrible weather conditions and made it to the viewing with less than a 1/2 hour left in the viewing. the look on her face -- and her mother's face -- was worth the long drive. we all could tell immediately how much showing up meant to the family during such a difficult time.
that was just part of the wonders of yesterday. i got to spend time with 3 other people that i didn't know well. in their kind efforts to keep me awake and alert, they told stories about themselves and i learned so much more about all of them than i would have learned in months, maybe years.
and i had a wonderful lunch with two mothers. one, a very pregnant, soon-to-be new mom, and the other, a just 40 mother of two, shared stories about their experiences and passed on valuable birth information -- the mother of two, a very earthy-crunchy woman, set the soon to be mom's mind at rest by vigorously advocating the use of epidurals and every other thing that might be offered by the attending physician.
clearly it's the week of lunch. today i'm lunching with one of my best friends, a woman who has been challenged this year by bravely facing breast cancer. although we work together and see each other every day, we are constantly struggling to find time to get together and enjoy some down time.
it's been a real week of sharing. on tuesday, i was a speaker for a university undergrad business class. the students never cease to amaze me with their questions -- and their gall. some are so fixated on money that's it's completely unbelievable that they will ever get any. others are so ill-equipped for the real world that they ask questions that are utter nonsense. then there are the gems -- the students that you can't wait to see their success.
well, it's another day, and as a teacher once said, another chance to excel. and go to work. tgif!
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