This morning I took Abigail to school and it was about 12 degrees Fahrenheit. Really cold. The one drawback this new apartment house has that there is no direct access from inside the building to the garage. That means we have to go out to the street and walk about twenty five steps before entering the nice, enclosed and heated garage. Terrible nuisance!
The previous building had direct access from inside and that also meant that in bad weather we could stay dry because didn't have to go out and brave the elements. In case it was not obvious we are very, very spoiled here.
Something else.
This morning was spent with very exciting things. We did our weekly laundry and cleaning house.
Today I got a call from an old friend and colleague of mine. I know the bloke for at least forty years because we worked together practically side by side. He "retired" from the company shortly after I did but after a while he realized that being home wasn't his cup of tea and went back to work. And, he has been working ever since. He is an engineer with great experience in our field so it was not difficult for him to find a job. He is a few years older than I am but he is putting in full weeks of work.
We had a long conversation and we reminisced about old colleagues and their whereabouts. Interestingly, he is currently working on a project that we all worked on back in those days and part of which never materialized because of budget problems. Now they have the money and the project is a reality and he is working on it.
it was good to hear his voice and we agreed that we would meet one day in Manhattan for lunch after Winter is over.
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