My first week back at work was rather uneventful. Tomorrow G and I will be meeting with JR, one of our peers who works in the Denver area. JR’s father was VP at the company during my previous tenure before the merger with the French company. JR was given a mid level job just out college. JR freely admitted that his father arranged for the job. He has never been promoted and in the past had a reputation for being a slacker. I wonder where he would be if his father had not arranged for his first job. His father went on to run a spin-off company into the ground that the parent company bought back for pennies on the dollar a few years later. I’m not sure I want to take a lot of guidance from JR.
On Tuesday G and I will meet with T. T gave us both a glowing recommendation to the director. G and I both worked with T when she was a project manager. I feel I can trust her and look forward to her guidance. S still thinks T is a lush. I wonder if she will be hung over on Tuesday.
Going back to work has changed the way I look at the weekends. When I was unemployed there wasn’t anything significant to differentiate the days. Now that I’m working Saturday and Sunday have become days of freedom. I cherish the weekend knowing that I will return to the corporate world each Monday morning. I’m surprised how quickly I’ve turned into a person who looks forward to the weekend. For some reason I thought it would take a few months for that to happen.
K and I are going to check out the Sue Simon show at Spark. Sue is one of K’s favorite artists. He has a several of her small works on the wall of his office. I hope it’s a good show.
The Corporate Slave 
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