As a result of my ever-expanding belly (nearly 20 pounds gained since meeting Randy – that bastard) I’ve ceased taking the elevator and climb the stairs 5 flights to my office every day. And with meetings on other floors and going to the cafeteria (or nearby restaurants) for lunch each day, I go up and down at least three times (and this doesn’t include subterranean climbs into\u00a0subways stations). Despite all that, after 3 motnhs\u00a0I’m still gaining weight.<\/p>\n
But this is all beside the point. Wait – what was the point?<\/p>\n
Oh yeah, coming back from the cafeteria yesterday I reached the 5th floor stair-landing (and my office is in a fairly deserted wing of the building so NOBODY uses those stairs) and I discovered a middle-aged man with scraggly hair and a long beard sitting on the window ledge with an open tupperware container with left-over food. And he was knitting something turqouise.<\/p>\n
At least this is better than a few years ago when I went into the copy room in my previous building (also on the 5th floor, coincidentally) and made some copies first thing in the morning. Being the energy-concious fellow that I am, I didn’t turn the lights on – I just made copies by the light\u00a0provided by the open door and single emergency lighting fixture that remained on permanently. After returning to my office, a co-worker ran into my office an hour or so later and asked if I’d noticed a body behind the copy machine.<\/p>\n
Um, no – I did not.<\/p>\n
I followed him back into the copy room and lo-and-behold, there was a man sleeping behind the copier. At least he wasn’t dead. I apparently didn’t notice his legs sticking out because I didn’t turn on the lights. And he must have been really tired (or hung-over) since he didn’t notice the copy machine running next to him (or me humming, since I apparently hum non-stop).<\/p>\n
Oh, and before I forget, I want to thank everybody for your emails this week asking when I’m going to blog next. Now if only you’d put those requests on the blog so it actually looks like I have readers! I actually have no reason for not blogging aside from laziness. And I’ve been pre-occupied with other things (work related and vacation planning related).<\/p>\n
But don’t you worry, I’ll take my blogging Metamucil next week and be much more regular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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