[Magdalen] Better late than never: Happy Thought request.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

Mike L penned:
Such moves are of course great Accumulated Junk Enemas,

I _ LOVE _ THIS!!!


Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
"Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk by 
Richard Rohr
"The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they 
oppress." F Douglass

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From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2017 4:20 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: [Magdalen] Better late than never: Happy Thought request.

> Beginning tomorrow, our Agency is moving to a location not too far away, 
> but far enough to require all the stress and strain inherent in such a 
> thing.  We leave our comfortable, ramshackle former university extension 
> building where everyone has at least some semblance of an "office" (AND 
> windows), in exchange for what I call the Monterey County Government 
> Center Jr (meaning, the main Gov't Center is still what it is and always 
> will be, at least in my remaining lifetime), where we become actors in a 
> real-life "Office Space" and where so many questions won't be answered 
> until we're ultimately fully there (effectively, Monday).
>
> Such moves are of course great Accumulated Junk Enemas, but there's still 
> the bringing with of the stuff that matters.  I've worked with my current 
> modular furniture in three different offices since 2001, with each time me 
> being convinced that "it'll never come back together again", but it has 
> each time.  Now, it's probably doomed for good.  For some time now, it's 
> been just me and my boss in a large office with modified cubicles so close 
> we can talk to each other without getting up or using the phone.  We'll be 
> in close proximity again, but the solid walls that surround us won't be 
> there, but rather many other co-workers in the same cubicle mill. 
> Granted, the "hallways" are huge (something like 15 feet across), but 
> still.  We'll have to be much more circumspect in regards to the noises we 
> elicit.
>
> Luckily, my legs and feet are much better, but boy have my allergies, 
> normally dormant to a large extent, come alive again with gusto.
>
> Ah well.  At least this will be my final work environment, I think.  And 
> we have as a neighbor my absolute favorite of all County departments...: 
> Elections!  Talk about just walking across the hall and handing in my 
> mail-in ballot!  Wa-hoo.