December 3, 2009
Dear Everyone:
The actor
Charlton Heston once wrote:
“When the director comes to you at 2:00 in the afternoon and
asks, ‘Can you go on tonight as
Brutus?’, there’s only one possible
answer: ‘You bet!’”
My decommissioning team had an important meeting
this afternoon. The meeting
ended at 4:00, which would have given me just enough time to get back to
my office, gather up my things and head home to write the Weekly Letter.
When the Project Manager (PM) asked, “Do you have time for a
little ‘post-meeting meeting?’, the only answer was, ‘Sure.’”
So she paid for another hour of my time and I was
left with very little time this evening, so this is going to be a short
Letter. Not that there’s
that much to report.
The Good News Is:
My right shoulder, the one with
bursitis, is much better.
I’ve even begun shampooing my hair with both hands again.
I am being careful not to get too complacent, still reaching for
most things with my left hand; but it’s definitely on the mend.
My back is getting better as well, mostly thanks to about $160
worth of lumbar-supporting cushions in various places.
(Three at home, one at work and one in the car.)
Last week was the most restful vacation time I’ve
had all year. Usually I
spent vacation getting the new place ready to move in, moving, getting
the old place read to sell, rushing up to
Oregon a couple of times.
Last week I just hung around the house, although I did take the
time to clean up the patio and put up
holiday lights.
We had a very low-key
Thanksgiving with salad,
“half-baked” pizzas, cake and ice cream.
On Friday, “Marshall” took us all to
Yountville where we had a
sumptuous lunch and visited a
winery.
After tomorrow, I will have exactly two weeks left
at work for the year.
Love, as always,
Pete
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