Today I embarked on perhaps the final frontier. My last career. A job that will hopefully take me to retirement at Computerized Bookmaking Systems or CBS. It was such a great feeling on the 4 minute and 41 second drive. The same time it takes to win the 1-mile race at a high school track meet.
When I started my work station was clean, pristine and a bit sterile. So I tacked up an environmental calendar and a 2006 Buffalo Bills schedule and changed the computer's screen saver to a Lewis & Clark trail scene. Other photos and mementos will soon follow.
My new co-workers were so helpful, friendly and low key. We trained on typical fixes we'd make to common problems we'll field at a leisurely pace. It'll take time, but soon I'll be an intregal part of the team. By mid-afternoon I was helping a casino fix a problem with the wrong track name printing on it's betting slips and I felt like part of the team. The day was broken up my many coffee and tea breaks and Internet web surfing of my favorite sites: AOL, Red Sox, Buffalo Bills and a few others. By the weekend I'll have a TV hooked up at my desk to the in-house cable TV system
They're excellent about giving me time off for a dentist appointment Thursday and friend Don's visit next week. It's all good. I may even ride my bike to work tomorrow.
2 comments:
good for you
Sounds like it cant get any better then that,you deserve it.Good luck and best wishes. Dad
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