Spending my weekend studying lecture notes on my own in a classroom in a small town in Illinois. Why did I volunteer for this again? This makes my normal social life seem bouncy and extroverted, which I guess is a useful perspective to gain, but I’d rather not have gained it at the cost of a perfectly good weekend. The greater Chicago area got socked by snow last night but my flight down from Toronto was uneventful and St. Charles hasn’t changed at all, despite the fact that Accenture is now a client instead of an owner of the facility. We still use it more than A*th*r *nd*rs*n. What’s a little depressing this weekend is that 90% of the other attendees are new hires and they’re all really young<\/i>. I feel old.<\/p>\n
Not as old as my co-faculty guy though: he’s been with the firm for 12 years. I can’t imagine… On the other hand, he’s done some work in Northbrook (near here) so while I’m studying he’s setting off to meet old friends. To be fair, he got here the night before last so he’s already had a full day studying the materials, whereas I have some catching up to do (which I’m not doing right now).<\/p>\n
At least it’s a bright sunny day outside, and I don’t have to cook the lunch I’m about to go enjoy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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