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Wednesday

February 7, 2001

 

 

"It oft falls out,
To have what we would have, we speak not what we mean. "Shakespeare, Isabella, Measure for Measure, ii.iv.117)

 


 

"Wherever you go, there you are."

 

 

 

 

surreal driving

I start the day at the dentist getting my teeth cleaned. He wants to do some crowns and caps and reconstructions, too. To pay for his new high-tech equipment in his new office, perhaps?

I spend a few hours in the Austin office, calling reps and reading about customers.

I drop by the parents. Mom wants to look at things on her computer. Dad wants to show off his amaryllis. They give me a sandwich and Dad makes me some fresh coffee to drink on my drive.

Because I'm on the north end of town, I drive to Houston on 290. Most of the hotels were booked full. The one I took is full of gray-haired people (well, mostly) at a Bridge tournament. I envy them.

Spend the rest of the afternoon doing e-mail on a slow modem connection. Dinner with customers. Going out of town to work is lonely business. I don't like it. But there you are.

 


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