Well at least it is for the rest of the city. My company decided to hold a special day during the summer when school isn’t in session.
When I took the train yesterday, I saw all these kids sitting with their mom/dad. The kids all had excited looks in their faces (they have no idea). Their mom or dad also had a happy and proud look. These are the same people I see on the train everyday (well almost everyday). They usually have solemn faces – probably counting the number of years before they retire. People were actually walking slower from the train station to their respective offices. Although there was one parent who had to pickup their child since he was being distracted by the incoming trains. For the most part, people were generally in a happy mood.
This had me thinking what would I do if Sammy was old enough to come with me to work. At this point, I don’t think he has any idea what I do for a living. If you haven’t seen the video clip of Sammy’s impression of daddy working, you should check it out now:
It’s a clip of him banging on his toy which represents the keyboard and him occassionally moving the mouse. He must have been watching me work when I have my work from home days.
I don’t think Sammy would be all that interested in coming to my work. I sit in meetings most of the time. I talk to people on IM, sometimes I talk to Elaine when she has a chance to go online. That might be the highlight of the day for him too. Right now he keeps asking me “what are you doing?” over and over again every two or three minutes. He can actually be a manager at my office. He could do that all day, but to different people. Though, we’d have to work on his timing.
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When he goes, you two can stop off at Starbucks and get some coffee!
Funny! Hey, what are you doing now? Get back to work!