Friday. I've been in the office for a luxurious week, with various small events:

Monday I went to see Philip Webb, who seems to be in good form. He's tireless on the merits of Linux and is trying to convince me to switch from Windows. If only...

Tuesday we had an Exultate board meeting after work, although I arrived late. The board has changed quite a bit since the last time I was able to attend, with Diane and Julia adding their considerable talents to the mix, and with the success of the current fundraising campaign the whole feeling of the meetings has changed from the slight "bridge of the Titanic" sinking feeling to one of cautious optimism. Lots of work to do, of course, but Exultate is steaming into the third decade of its existance with new energy and nary an iceburg. Afterwards, Julia and Kelly and I went to Bar Mercurio and had much wonderful food and wine. You may note a theme in a minute.

After work on Wednesday I went out to dinner at Nami with Dirk, Christine and Kevin (their son). Christine just started working with the company and is trying to adjust to the political environment of her project, hoping she hasn't made a mistake. Dirk is doing very well creating assets for the B2B service line, and seems to have a whole network of junior managers and senior consultants cranking out materials for him in the office. Kevin, 2, enjoys tuna sushi. I had Nami's famous sushi pizza (which is roe, salmon and thin greens on a baked ricecake base) and it was highly delectable.

Thursday night we had a belated farewell party for Colin Lindsell, which migrated (eventually) from the Duke of Westminster to Rodney's. TJ and Dirk are clearly regulars, as we were treated like royalty by the staff, who brought massive quantities of fabulous seafood and a big bucket of wine bottles to the table. We staggered out of the place quite a few hours later and my head didn't feel to great this morning.

I should definitely have weeks at home more often!

My schedule for the next little while:

Seattle on Sunday until Thursday.
Participating in an info session at the University of Guelph next Friday to start getting "Accenture" in front of our prospective employees.
Possibly staying in Guelph for the weekend of having my parents come back in to Toronto.
Likely another week in the Toronto office through Feb 2nd.
Spend the weekend at the Snyman's cottage, trying not to let Dirk kill me with his snowmobile.
Training in Colorado Springs from Feb 6th to 9th (by which time I have to have finished the 7 Habits book, see rant below).
Training in Toronto on presentations on Monday the 12th, then back to Seattle.
Whistler weekend February 17th-18th...
etc.

I have to get more sleep; this schedule may kill me.
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