Tuesday, February 17, 2004

17 February, Tuesday: It was good to have Claire back in the office again. Because of our recent travels, and the fact that she works Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, it’s been two weeks since I’ve seen her. I’m sure Carole is happy to have her back too. Everyone seems to be among the living today, regarding their recent illnesses, so that’s a good thing as well.

Simon and I spent a significant amount of time working on three major things: our plans for the Irish applicants, our presentation to a City School Board in Wales, and our major report due on 20 February.

We made arrangements to make a presentation to the Executive team in Milwaukee in March after my trip to LA to see Jill and her family. I’m looking forward to seeing friends in Milwaukee and also to presenting our recommendations to the CPI leadership.

I worked today from 8-6 and am tired. The bad thing was that when I left the office the manager of the building was locking the gates to the car park. I’d worked this late before, but hadn’t run into this situation.Luckily I caught him and said, “How do I get out when you lock this?” He gave me instructions, including walking in between buildings, giving a password to the security guard and then inputting a code into a keypad. From the land of James Bond I learned the ultra-secret way to get out of the place.