Long shadows, long day…
Posted on January 24, 2007
Filed Under All, Photos, My Brain |
The good news about the ‘dead’ 8 AM meeting is that I worked nearly to the bottom of my to-do list today (remember, we are fast becoming ‘Mr. Time Management’ as we near completion of our GTD course) before catching the 4:25 to Menlo from SJ Diridon (and observing the pretty long shadows cast by the low winter sun as I made my way to the station in the PM). This included stuff like getting my Mac to print to the new Lanier copier/fax/scanner/sub-orbital vehicle injector that replaced the old Lanier multi-function device on my floor at work during medical leave.
The old multi-function device just showed up in my Mac’s printer browser and worked - kinda like a good old laserwriter of old. The new one required a call to tech support, an IP address, a driver download and install and a 10-page PDF to get it configured and going. After numerous false starts (user-error on my part all the way - I was way too impatient), I finally can print (not that I do much printing), but you gotta be ready for those incoming boss/colleague requests to ‘give me those ten pages of your PowerPoint, quick! I gotta meeting!’
This day was long, and just past half-way into my second week, I can say that I am being treated with exactly the same contempt and respect of peers, getting a few bumps and knocks as if the health issue hadn’t happened, which is just right. You go back to work, you’re back to work: colleagues have to be able to count on you, they don’t need to remember the kid gloves. We have a business to run, shareholders to take care of, and customers to please… and I’m ready…!
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