Think your job sucks? I’m watching window-washers on the building across from me. It’s cold, icky & rainy outside, and there is a definite nip to the air – but there they are on the scaffold, washing windows 40 floors up. So really, does your job suck as bad as you thought it did when you look at from that perspective?
Robyn talked the other day about fried pickles and the latest offering at Sonic, the “Pickle-Os”. I’ve tried them, and they are ok – but I tell you whaaaat (said with a Texas twang) – the BEST fried pickles are at Black-Eyed Pea. Yes, they have added them to their appetizer menu and they are SO GOOD. Also good are the one at Katz’s deli, but they are spears and I don’t like them as much. The ones at Sonic came in to third place for me.
Yes, I said fried pickles. They fry zucchini, so why not fry a pickle? They are sooooo good!
Can I just say, once again, that I absolutely LOVE working in downtown again? It was the most exhilarating feeling this morning, coming in from the Hardy Toll Road where the traffic is so light you actually get to drive the speed limit. As you round the final curve and head over the viaduct, you have the most breathtaking view of downtown – especially on a crisp, clear, sunny day like today. The sun was glistening off of the buildings, the roof is open on MinuteMaid Park (formerly Enron Field), and the sky is a beautiful blue. Up here in my office I couldn’t ask for a better view. (Pictures to come later.) Yes, I absolutely love it. I’ve missed it for a long time – I just didn’t realize how much until this week. There is just an energy that I can’t even put in to words.
Today was the first day at the long-term temp job that hopefully will turn in to a permanent one – and I loved it! I had a really great day, I think I shocked the attorney with the amount of work I produced, and I had fun. I have said for a long time that I miss the corporate world and that I miss the legal world, and today really drove that point home.
I went to the food court in the mall attached to the office building – yes, there is a small mall in downtown Houston and it is connected to the building I am working in – and I ran in to Kathy’s husband Tom! He was gracious enough to let me join him for lunch, and while we were eating I spotted three people I used to work with years ago at the law firm I was at before I moved in to the web design world! Talk about a small world! It was so great to see all the familiar faces, and it made me feel so comfortable – like I was back where I belong.