Friday, April 01, 2005

Mornin

The wind is blowing.  It forces itself through the window panes of my bedroom window with a howl and a screech, waking me up.  I’m restless with the noise.  I have never liked the wind.
It is raining as well.  Much needed rain as we have been heading for a draught.  I’m thinking we will still have an incredibly hot summer, but we’ll wait and see.  I don’t really know that much about weather patterns.

This week has felt like 4 weeks all wrapped into one.  Today still has to be played out.  It is funny; people at work keep telling me that I am getting an education of a lifetime.  I guess that I am.  Rarely do people actually get to sit in the rooms I sit in and listen to the people talk the way I am allowed to.  But in a way I feel like it is something I have always done.  I have always listened to people talk, have always heard things I shouldn’t be hearing, have always known things others don’t.  For me it seems natural to be in a boardroom full of executives, watching the by-play and understanding how these people work.  Getting to know the underlying principals of their natures, watching as they move their chess pieces around jockeying for position and favor.  What I love is the fact that I do not have to play the game.  I get to watch, to see, to learn and ask questions without ever being in danger myself. 

We’ll see how today plays out, but I have a good feeling it will be nice and calm.  If nothing else, the boss is out of the office!