Waving
Just a quick update from foggy San Mateo, where I've been since Monday (when I abruptly stopped blogging due to the changing of the calendar). I'm really glad I came out just now—interesting things are happening at the office, with lots of planning meetings and blue-sky brainstorming and random conversations with colleagues, and I'm also getting a chance to catch up with friends before and after work. This is just what I needed after a couple months of feeling isolated and out of touch back in the Philadelphia home office.
At the same time, I missed Al and the Beaner almost instantaneously, before I even got on the plane. The Beaner called on Monday to ask accusingly why I'd left without saying goodbye: "when I came down to your room you were gone and I didn't get to snuggle you and you always say goodbye before you go out but this time you were already gone." It was enough to break my heart—if it hadn't already been broken by his greeting, which instead of hello was "I miss you."
I miss you too, buddy. Just a few more meetings and a bit more recharging of the work batteries, and I'll be back to see you.