Messin' Around

Every morning, while I wait for the squirrels in my computer to fire up, Jim, Irene, and I have what I call the "Morning Meeting"--we sit, drink our coffee, and catch up on the news of the day. And Jim tells stories of days of yore----a lot.

The thing that is great about the three of us is that we come from three very different places and so we all have unique perspective on things and we connect on some weird level.

Irene is in her 20's, proudly Hispanic, just bought her first house, and is hilariously hip and funny.

Jim is near retirement, an ex-trader from the Board of Trade, and has a story or an opinion for everything. Sometimes both.

Me, well....you know me. I'm in between the two of them.

I love my job, not because of what I do, but because I get to share the Cubes with Jim and Irene everyday and everyone else pretty much leaves us alone. And we get along so great--laughing and having a good time while the rest of the office does.....whatever. Jim and Irene make my day every day.

When I was feeling grumpy and low the other day, Jim and I started talking about the movie "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles". I think I was telling him that our kid car was in the shop and this is where the conversation lead:



So, while I wanted to beef and moan about what it's gonna cost me to keep the kid car going, Jim's got me cracking up about John Candy doing the "Mess Around". How we went from car repairs to that scene I'll never know. But I do know that I can't be mad or sad or frustrated with those two sitting by me.

It's funny, but what keeps me working in that place isn't the job or the pay (Hah!)--it is the company I keep for the majority of the day.

I count myself lucky.