Work

Since being back at work, I've had less time to update the blog, but I did want to share this photo from yesterday. Trish and I had gone at lunchtime to see the Haunch of Venison show right near the office on Sixth Avenue, and at midday the sun hitting the maple trees made even the Fox News ticker look pretty.

Daycare was closed for Veterans' Day yesterday, so Waipo looked after Tashi all day but didn't seem any worse for wear. Waipo said, She's very polite with me, smiling and easygoing. It only seems like she gets cranky when Mom's around! I would love to know why this is. Tashi's new thing is placing items in your hand and then picking them up again. She also is fascinated with the balloons we hung up in the apartment for her party.

midtown foliage

Otherwise being back at work has definitely gotten me out of Inwood. I've managed to go out to Caselulla with my boss and an ex-colleague, the MOMA, the Haunch show, and a Bret outing at Paris Commune all in the past two days, which is more going out and culture I've had all summer.

Work itself is still odd, sort of a holding pattern while the powers-that-be figure out stuff. It's a little like The Office--corporate PR emails that make no mention of impending layoffs, oddly chipper farewell emails from people who were fired, generic group emails about lost cell phone chargers or reminders to turn off the overhead projectors in conference rooms, etc. I'd forgotten how much meetings often are about sitting in a room watching someone type on an overhead projector screen, and how much work generally is about socializing. After a summer of navigating playgroups, classes, and different nap schedules for Tashi and her pals, it's definitely an alternate reality.