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kyburgJim made the connection - I didn't notice it right away.
Yesterday, when we got the word?
Cliff's birthday.
I told you that there was a blue baby blanket in this year's fukubukuro bag? Not yellow, not pink, purple or green. Blue.
I left prior gig days before the 10th anniversary of Cliff's passing - when the writing on the wall could no longer be ignored. (Cliff was a big stickler for setting boundaries with employers. You didn't work overtime for no good reason, and you worked to make a living, not have a life. He would NOT have approved of what I went through last summer. Not one bit.)
But he always thought working hard was the key to everything.
I just got news that has me floored.
New boss at new gig?
He and his wife pooled their frequent flyer mile accounts and got us our tickets. All I have to buy is Xander's one-way back. Hotels and train tickets. Taxi cab fare.
STUNNED. Someone make me an icon. There are flies buzzing in and out of my slack jawed mouth right now.
The flights are even nonstops, direct.
I know how to say thanks in Chinese - Cliff taught me. So far, it's the only Chinese I know. He learned it when he was working with the Taiwanese on missle projects in the 70's and 80's.
I know when Cliff's been by. Shit happens. THIS kind of stuff. (Let alone being insanely lucky on a regular basis. Stupidly lucky.)
BUH.
Yesterday, when we got the word?
Cliff's birthday.
I told you that there was a blue baby blanket in this year's fukubukuro bag? Not yellow, not pink, purple or green. Blue.
I left prior gig days before the 10th anniversary of Cliff's passing - when the writing on the wall could no longer be ignored. (Cliff was a big stickler for setting boundaries with employers. You didn't work overtime for no good reason, and you worked to make a living, not have a life. He would NOT have approved of what I went through last summer. Not one bit.)
But he always thought working hard was the key to everything.
I just got news that has me floored.
New boss at new gig?
He and his wife pooled their frequent flyer mile accounts and got us our tickets. All I have to buy is Xander's one-way back. Hotels and train tickets. Taxi cab fare.
STUNNED. Someone make me an icon. There are flies buzzing in and out of my slack jawed mouth right now.
The flights are even nonstops, direct.
I know how to say thanks in Chinese - Cliff taught me. So far, it's the only Chinese I know. He learned it when he was working with the Taiwanese on missle projects in the 70's and 80's.
I know when Cliff's been by. Shit happens. THIS kind of stuff. (Let alone being insanely lucky on a regular basis. Stupidly lucky.)
BUH.
