So's on Wednesday, I went to New York, New York to hang out with my Marketing Friends, I tell ya, it was quite a trip! My return flight was canceled so my only task on Thursday was to get from my hotel to La Gaurdia airport (LGA) for a 6:30 PM flight. My hotel was right at the airport, allowing me to take a nice leisurely stroll to my gate.
On the way, I walked right past the American Airlines building and of course I couldn't help but think about the days dad (or grandpa R) spent in this building. Why I bet he even went through this door! It made me wonder what kind of worries he had at his job, did he worry as much as I do? Did he have too much on his plate as I some times feel like? Did he like his job like SOMETIMES I do? Did he like yucking it up with the guys like I do? It's fun to see that not much has changed, I dare say that Dad would think nothing has changed on the outside, but much has changed in the inside, mostly the Airline industry itself. I wanted to ask some one at American Airlines if I could sit at a desk and play with an adding machine for a while, like on the THRILLING days I got to go into work with dad (on a Saturday or Sunday) and sit in the office chair turning in circles and making mile long adding machine tapes...fun to remember!!
One more thing...I really like how New Yorkers really don't mind old stuff. I know in the midwest, this building would have been torn down long ago. I noticed the same thing in many of office buildings I was at. They were old and tired, but functional and certainly usable. I don't feel like they have a fear of the old like we do...hmmmm.
I've really enjoyed my visits to New York - it's fun to be in a huge city, and the people there have been great!
Fahgetaboutit cats!
3 comments:
Cool! I imagine its a bit like going to Kellog for me, it always smelled so good! Like a huge bowl of cereal, fresh out of the oven!
YEAH! Battle Creek smells so good. I was just telling someone today about how I went to mom's office and played with the label maker and went to dad's office and traipsed through a muddy construction site.
It was always fun to visit parents at work!
good blog!
Such a deal!? So, hawah ya honey? What were you doing in NY? That's alot of wondering. What a great man to only show us peace and kindness (generally, except when at night when Sue would talk too much after bedtime hours and we could hear his footsteps coming up those steps!!, you know there must have been stress! what a great man! Like you, Thanks.
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