Monday was the one of the worst days I have experienced as an employee of anyone. Not because I was being oppressed by The Man (who doesn't have to be male, by the way). No. My day was made miserable by technology - specifically, a file that resisted all attempts at printing. I recreated it from scratch, I changed graphics formats, I deleted graphics, nothing worked. Other files printed, but not this bad boy. I wound up staying at the office till about 6 pm. Oh, and I had to work through lunch on another project.

So I decided to go ice skating on my lunch break yesterday. I was the only one in sector 7G marketing, everyone else was at a trade show, or sick. This being the case, I magnanimously extended my lunch to two hours, because I was such a hard worker the day before.

I was the only person under 55 at the rink. I was also the worst skater. But Fast Eddie, a very nice older gentleman on speed skates, skated with me to help me get my balance on my new skates. (I have decided that I would like to fix Fast Eddie up with my mom. He was very nice.) I usually get along pretty well with older people, except the bad/slow driving types.

Now I have to keep working on my skating, to prove my generation isn't totally good-for-nothing. Though they admitted I had the best eyesight, when I helped them figure out the sound system in the rink.