There's never a cop around when you need one; but there was last night.
About a year ago I had an opportunity to ride-along with my brother Patrick during one of his graveyard shifts as a police officer at the University of California, Santa Barbara. It was a slow, wintry night in late December and we were lucky to find a car on the road, let alone pull one over. About six months ago he changed police agencies and last night I had an opportunity to ride-along again. It was still a wintry night, but his duties as a Santa Barbara Deputy Sheriff proved a bit more eventful than life at the UC.
In a recent closet episode (have I mentioned that K likes to pick out daddy's clothes for him now?), Kaitlyn stumbled upon a rare occasion when Daddy's pocket actually contained some valuable loot. You'll see she's mastered the concept of possession, but also pay attention to how her story changes in the presence of mommy.
I've held off on the updates lately because I desperately did not want to give the haters the fodder they so love. But alas, I cannot hold back any longer. Without further ado, here's the status of life in the Genovese household with two under two.
I started work on March 5, 2004 with the excitement of the unknown and the thrill of a real paycheck. After a few weeks of experiencing big corporate aerospace life, I looked around and swore that I wouldn't stay longer than five years. People laughed at me. On March 5, 2009, I received a certificate from my employer. It reads, "in appreciation of 5 years of valued service". Crap.
A few months ago I wrote about an industry conference I attended in Anaheim, California. One of the presentations was given by Dr. Marlene Law Graham, a senior manager at The Boeing Company in Long Beach, California. Dr. Graham's presentation, “Leveraging the Power of Cross-Generational Teams”, focused on four commonly accepted workplace generations, how their respective views toward “work” differ, and how to effectively deal with those differences to resolve conflict. Allow me to grossly oversimplify Dr. Graham’s presentation.
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