My turn to ramble..

Stevie D is here. The schedule is full… breakfast, then a meeting every 15 minutes with “those who will be retained for long term employment,” which includes me at precisely 11:30, last appointment before lunch. I’ve never met this guy before, but as I’ve mentioned before, have a history of being annoyed by him in emails when he was but a lowly sales guy.

—– Original Message —–
From: Mary Rogers
To: Everybody
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 8:22 AM
Subject: Out of the office Dec. 23-Jan. 1st

Hi All, This is a reminder that I will be on vacation from Monday, Dec. 23 – Jan. 1st so if there is anything I need to work on please let me know this week.

Thanks,
Mary

—– Original Message —–
From: Steve de Laveaga
To: Mary Rogers ; Everybody
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: Out of the office Dec. 23-Jan. 1st

Mary, My folks for the Fruit basket are;

Jeff and Fafie Moore, Realty Executives Nevada
Frank and Mike Dickerson/Nieman
Pryce Boeye Mel Foster and Co
Mike Sipes REMAX Gold Coast
Jim Tanner Realty Executives Santa Clarita

Steve de Laveaga
Vice President, Sales FNIS
Integrated Efficiency
www.fnis.com

—– Original Message —–
From: Kim Johnson
To: Steve de Laveaga
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: Out of the office Dec. 23-Jan. 1st

Steve, Gotta watch that reply all button. Don’t think everyone needed to know about your fruitbaskets… unless you wanted to include us all on that fruitbasket list, too.

-k

—– Original Message —–
From: Steve de Laveaga
To: Kim Johnson
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: Out of the office Dec. 23-Jan. 1st

Sorry Kim…. You will get more than a fruit basket 🙂

Steve de Laveaga
Vice President, Sales FNIS
Integrated Efficiency
www.fnis.com

Of course, I never did. Well, perhaps I did. He didn’t use “reply-all” again. That’s a nice gift.

Ugh. We’re starting this day with a company wide meeting at 10. I walked into the break room this morning and found a HUGE platter of fudge brownies all wrapped up in cellophane, and immediately had the strange thought: Great, we’re going to have a big mass suicide by poisoned brownies. That’s one way to keep from laying anybody else off. Morbid today I guess.

In other news… Married life is treating me pretty well. He’s the greatest thing since antiseptics. You mean soap? Yeah.. it’s better than sliced bread.

Tonight I have the option of attending a farewell employee dinner at some joint called Mary Mac’s Tea Room on Ponce, or going home to go to a Georgia Sportbike dinner up at Gwinnett Airport with JamesT. We took a nice long ride last evening, and I can tell the working out is making me stronger. My torso is so much stronger and able to hold myself up off him while I double. Was very enjoyable, and will be even better when I invent either a helmet mounted periscope to see over him directly in front of us or else a potion to give him a one-way see-through head.

Anywho… almost 10. The natives are restless.