News at 10

I am still sick with a cold that is taking a little too long to go away. Part of that is my fault. I thought I was feeling a bit better on Friday and went to happy hour with my sister and her fiancee. Six hours and three bars later, I finally made it back home. It turned out to be more than I was ready for.

We started at Lola which continues to impress me, even though it turns out they don't carry Jagermeister. From there we headed to North Star. That's Kyle's (from the Wynkoop, who I don't know but a few of my readers do) new place in the neighborhood. The menu there seemed limited and expensive although we didn't eat anything. The beer I had was just fair. I'll give it one more shot, but I wasn't very impressed. We eventually ended up at Edgewater for big schooners of beer and pizza after getting shut out by the crowds at Sushi Sasha and Proto's Pizza. It was a good time, but I'm still paying for it in coughs and sniffles.

The highlight of my weekend came on Saturday when I took a late afternoon nap on freshly washed sheets with the warm afternoon sun on my back. I found it very relaxing and rejuvenating. I know sunshine on the male back is supposed to be good for T-levels. I feel like I could use a boost as I've seemed to be lacking in any sort of sex drive or passion over the past couple of weeks. It could be my cold or the stress of work or the lack of a love interest, but I've just felt flat and limp as of late.

We just got word that we're having a department meeting at 10. Presumably it will be to learn about the disposition of the company. Any news is good news. The uncertainty of things has everyone on edge. I hope it's not just another reminder to stop with the gossip and rumor mongering. I suspect and hope that this is the beginning of the end.

Update: The meeting was nothing. Department head / VP / General Counsel gave her notice this morning and will be gone at the end of May. It's a personal decision a long time in coming. The announcement would seem to offer no insight into what the future holds for the rest of us. The replacement process might give us a slight idea. I hypothesize that if the replacement is one of the current staff attorneys, that suggests that they are unable to hire a quailified person from the outside due to the internal turmoil and possible pending sale. Or maybe it would suggest that one of the current attorneys has been adequately groomed for the job. I don't think that's the case though. She said the president was surprised by her decision and that to the best of her knowledge there is no succession planning to cover this situation (a fact that bothers (from a business man's perspective, not personally) but doesn't surprise me) Who knows. In any case, I don't know anything more now than I did two weeks ago when I found the suspicious papers.

Jonathan 4/30/2007 08:35:00 AM