Day 4

1. Officemate talked to me about God and life. Out of the blue one of the senior managers came to my desk to small talk and we ended up talking about God and life. She had all these concerns about about life and the talk seemed to calm her down and make her realize that there may be space in her life for more meaningful things. I think its a blessing that people talk to me about these things. It gives me a chance to talk about the things that give meaning to my life.

2. Met the person who lobbied (hard) to hire me. Apparently I was up against someone really qualified for this job. The person in #1 told me that it was this manager who's got assigned elsewhere who pushed hard to hire me and put me on this major project in spite of my out-of-office commitments. I never knew. This person is in town now and we had a nice chat tonight. You never really know who's silently rooting for you :)

3. Caught up with some old friends. It was all fun and laughs like it was 5 years ago. Same people, same place, same jokes. These are the situations when you tend to eat more than you should. Good times.

4. Had good coffee today and got free magazines. Not only was the coffee it starbucks, it was free too. Not only were they current issues, they were free too. I only have one magazine subscription so its like buy 1, get 10 :)

5. My stiff neck isn't so stiff anymore. I thought this would last longer than a day but inspite of the workload, I am healing pretty fast. Its only been 2 days now and I think this won't last 'til tomorrow night. Excercise here i come!

6. Got an inviatation to meet a really good photojournalist. My secret dream: to be a photojournalist. This possible mentor is educated abroad and has a lot of work experience and a common friend is trying to get us to meet. Sweet! Now I have the chance to work with a pro!