Home and gone again

Alarm at 6:00, grudgingly rise at 6:30, shower and sit. Talk for a bit with Lisa before she heads out to work. Dress and pack for travel. Log in and begin the tedious task of mail management after being away for 11 days. Talk a bit with Kerry about the course and what I missed while I was gone. Out the door at 9:30 to the airport.

The flight was reasonably good, though it got bumpy on the way in to Pittsburgh. There were two women next to me on the flight, both a little afraid of flying. They chattered away their nervousness for the first half of the flight, and went dead silent when things got bumpy. I managed my nervousness/airsickness without too much problem for once. I believe part of this was because I could tap into that quality of stillness available from the course. Read the first few chapters of "Enneagram Studies" again. More processing from the course. One thing that struck me from the first few chapters was how many times Mr. Bennett uses the word "start".

In to work and the usual quest to find some place to sit. As the day wore on, my new shoes took their toll on my left foot - blisters worn through very quickly on the heel and knuckle of the big toe, so some temporary bandaging to manage the pain. Review the past week with the team, and connect with a few other people. There is still a good amount of goodwill available to me from the people here due to my situation.

Get the results of my 360º review. Nothing unexpected - mostly positive, with my manager being the least so. Clear development opportunities, and in the places I expect. I saw some of these things clearly in the kitchen this week.

To the hotel in the pouring rain, up to the room to quickly change out of these shoes. Redress the sore spots and put on my new leather Chuck's. Heaven! Out to dinner (salad & cheese fries with one too many margaritas), some reading and then early to bed.