Someone corrected my last post and said it should state “I’d rather live by my wits than be led by a nitwit” – I had another retirement lunch today with someone leaving their company, she said, “It’s like they are rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.” Live and learn.
Carly Fiorina’s grand statement that stuck with me is that we have to learn to save the best and discard the rest. I feel that I have tried to do that in the five decades I have been alive. Here are some of the things I have accomplished: 1) My father had gypsy blood even if his actual identity was a Sephardic so for years that I spent trying to rebel against my dad –…
I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. Steve Jobs Amen Steve, you are spot on. I was listening to an interview with Marc Benioff…
I went to the doctor this morning as my upper respiratory sinus thing was waxing all over again and sure enough I have sinusitis and a Zpak and got a nice big steroid shot in my rump. Please go away sinusitis – I am walking on thin ice as it is. This morning I picked up one cat in one hand and placed it out the back door. Picked up the other cat and placed…
What would you do if you had a day given to you? Well I worked on my new client’s project, did 1/3 of the thank you notes from the Re-Bridge Gala and hand delivered them while walking the dogs, and paid some bills, dealt with the heater repair guy, vacuumed, cleaned the windows, put away clothes. And you know what – I have one hour left before Tin comes home (a friend picked him up…
I realized yesterday after spending the entire day in search of Tin’s needs that a mother gets spent quite easy. It’s what made me decide to give away all of my animals in one fell swoop. I didn’t mind you, but I thought those thoughts and I think every animal in this house felt those vibrations and were crouching low to the ground when I came near. I think it was around 7:30 pm when…
I began the morning by deciding not to get out of bed and so then when I turned over and saw it was already 7:40, I knew I was doomed. Doomed to not have any time to read my paper, drink my tea in peace, or for that matter have a moment to gather myself before the energy level of a fast moving freight train steamrolled into me. That would be a 2.5 year old…
Tin and I walked over to a neighbor’s retirement party and aside from the pimento cheese finger sandwiches that remind me emphatically of New Orleans, the best thing was the playlist – all the I am leaving this fucking stupid job and you idiot boss songs that you can imagine. They were hilarious but of course the reprise was YOU CAN TAKE THIS JOB AND SHOVE IT and so I will use that as the…
Tin and I and a friend went to go see the Music for All Ages brass band at Perserverance Hall in Louis Armstrong Park this morning and while I must admit it is always a treat to hear Sunpie Barnes sing or the many different brass bands play, this morning was like striking gold! The Africa Brass band was playing and Tin and his friend Lukas, and other kids got to sit in and listen…
My true love gave to me the ability to shape shift into a different state of being.