November 2003

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I went to my favorite deli today, for a favorite sandwich. I have said more than once that one of the reasons I love going there is that they know their regulars, and I usually don't have to get far into placing my order before one of the people working there finishes saying it, or says it in unison with me. I've said it made me feel good to know that if I ever got too tired to tell it, one of them would recognize me and just fix the sandwich.

Today there was a twist. A new man was working behind the counter, and presumed he was to wait on me. I caught the smile from the other man working, and dutifully told the newbie what I wanted. As is custom, I then walked down to the other end of the counter to get my chips and wait to pay. Only this time there was no wait.

The newbie, with a very puzzled expression on his face, was walking toward me with the ready-to-go sandwich as I turned around from getting the chips. I put the chips on the counter and reached for my wallet. I looked at the newbie, who was still a little stunned, and simply said, "He's good." I then paid newbie, picked up my bag, wished them both a pleasant afternoon, and left.

I'm wondering if the man who knows me and my regular order ever admitted to the newbie that he had seen me getting out of my car, knew my regular order, and started fixing it as soon as he saw me.

November 24

The latest additions to the celebration pages are on page 5. I'll let you know when there's another update.

There's some sort of software conflict with my printer at work. It has decided that all of the words that go on an envelope must be printed in one line, a little above the spot where the address usually starts. Since the printer is happy to print everything else, and since I haven't had time to really work on solving this, the answer for the moment is to send Kathy an instant message containing the address information.

As soon as I hit "send" on that, I get up and head to the lobby to get the finished envelope from her. Assuming she has time right that minute to do said envelope, of course. If not, I go to Plan B.

Office dog Zoe was bored today. She was wandering around looking for playmates a lot of the afternoon. It didn't help that I was busy paying bills and wasn't ready to have lunch with her until about half an hour after our usual time.

That meant she had to nap extra-hard in the time between finishing lunch and going out for her afternoon walk with Wendy. Just before the walk time, Zoe woke up, got a drink of water, and came to see me. It was immediately obvious to me that she was still about half asleep, so I cuddled her and let her rest against my knees until she was awake enough to go remind Wendy it was time to leave.

Very late in the afternoon, after her walk, Zoe was on lobby duty, to say goodbye to the day's last client. And after that, she let us know it was time to go home.

And that's just what we did. We're all well trained.