I’m leaving work and just wanted to wish all a good evening and good night. Quickly, here’s my top 5 things I am thankful for this holiday season:
1. My Job
2. Friends
3. My Family
4. You, fair reader
5. The Future, and all its muddled happenings that I’ll be chronicling here.
I hope you’re happy. My inbox has been quiet today. I appreciate it. I hope I haven’t lost any of you. If so, perhaps you’ll come back. I apologize for not being a reliable person. It’s one of my pre-new year’s resolutions - to be more reliable.
So that said, I hope you’re having a good day where you are. I could go on a rant about the inefficiencies of parcel delivery companies, but I’ll spare everyone the details.
We had our yearly Christmas awards today, and I must say that as each of these things are held, I sense the growing team mentality that the Bear, our CIO, has put together.
These kinds of scenarios are rare in the IT field - people who stay at the same company for extended periods of time, and I believe it has a lot to do with the Bear, and the management staff he has put into place.
The only caveat of this otherwise enjoyable day stems from a rogue photographer in our web group. She torments me with her incessant need to play the paparazzi with the camera, especially when it comes to your humble correspondent.
It’s a sort of work game that makes this feel like a family. You know how every family has the photographer, and there’s the Uncle Complainer, who always expects more out of anything.
All in all it’s fun, though. Truly, a fun place to work. I actually miss work when I’m on vacation, which I really can’t logically explain or create excuses for.
Tomorrow we have our annual Firm Holiday Shindig at the hotel attached to our building. I may actually go to the after party this year, as it is located in a trendy part of the warehouse district.
I’m feeling good today. Hope you are also feeling the same.