Gratitude Monday again & I’m really happy about
the kind of serendipity between friends that caused me to email one Friday
morning to suggest we get together at the weekend because we’ve not had a long
natter for a while.
& her to reply that she’d been thinking the same
thing, & did I want to come over for dinner, as she “does a mean filet
mignon”?
Well, not just yeah, but hell, yeah.
She’s a UX designer & her development team was
given a long weekend because they just finished one hellish four-week
pedal-to-the-metal spring, & are about to start another one today. (For
those not in the software business, just think of the most intense, complex
all-encompassing project you’ve ever worked on; quadruple it; condense it down
to four weeks of ten to 16-hour days; & add several metric tons of
caffeinated beverages & pizzas.) So making dinner for a friend (i.e., me) &
talking about non-software topics for several hours made a nice change for her.
& carrying on an extended conversation that did
not involve the words “latte, please” made a nice change for me.
Plus—dinner was scrummy.
So I’m really grateful for friends who look out for
each other.
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