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June 02, 2007
These Few Weeks
School is out and The Dude and I breathe a sigh of relief. We have been spending time together again, and it's been a real treat. We spent Thursday, my 'weekend' day (crazy retail schedule), downtown together all day. Highlights included a picnic lunch at the ChooChoo, an afternoon browsing the shops on the North Shore, two rides on the carousel, and dinner on the patio at Big River Brewery. It was great. Super.
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On the phone last week with a friend, and again at the store today with old acquaintances who are just passing through and happened to be shopping at the store, I was reminded of the importance of the unimportant time. Sister and Brother-in-Law spent semester-long stretches of time apart: she had an intership in Nashville while their home and his job was in Atlanta. That's a 4-hour drive, terribly long and taxing for a weekend visit.
This friend was telling about all the little things he wishes she were there for.
And the old friends, F and B, were saying that he traveled a lot for his job.
The unimportant times: brushing your teeth together, the 10 minutes conversation while carpooling, the quick dinner, the falling asleep together--these times are the mortar of life together. Take them away and life together is nothing but a pile of bricks.
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Also doing the writing for the store's website. Go there (email me to ask the www's) -- any bad writing is not mine. It's a thrill to be The Web Copy Writer at the store, and to have the VP factually praise me to vendor rep's.
I also appreciate the store manager, and told him so today. After having served under several principals, working under a true, talented, skilled, and experienced manager is good. He knows what he is doing, and knows how to motivate and correct people. I am paying attention so that if I ever have to manage or direct a group of people, I'll have a little bit of an edge over the me who didn't pay attention.
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I am re-reading all the HP books as I wait for July 21. Seeing connections there I didn't see before. It's good.
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AND I just realized I used too many times the adjective 'good.' Also that the word order just there came out lopsided. Was I thinking Latvian just there? I have no idea.
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