Well it’s Friday and it’s friggin 60 degrees on January 5th. It makes for nice walking around weather, just quite humid. I met with Amiable Alan who’s real name is Adam and he’s a lifesaver, just as sweet too. See? He’s amiable. I hooked up with him and we strolled around Manhattan from the Village to Herald Square, just walking and talking and avoiding taxicabs. He is still with the Wolffmen, and wants to get out. He misses me and I miss him. I feel like I’ve abandoned him when I left but I think we’ve bonded enough to be in each other’s lives, perhaps much like Pedro and myself.

I spoke also to dear Brenda from Wanker Banker, who told me that two big wigs have left the Wanker Banker offices on the same day, both going to Credit Suisse Bank. It apparently has shaken the office to the core and most of my former coworkers and friends are plenty scared about losing their jobs. So perhaps I had gotten out there at the right time though like most things that happen in my life, it didn’t seem to be that way at that moment. Adam and I ran into Mike who still works at Wanker Banker while we walked around the Village and he sputtered the news about the departure of the large toupees.

Work itself for me was good. Still feeling my way about, getting along with everyone. I had to order pizzas for the office since it was someone’s birthday. I also had to buy one of those large birthday cards so all seven of us could sign and wish them well. A smaller card would have sufficed but I only followed orders. The people I work with, and work for are generally good people. Very small office, quite homey. It could be in Smallville USA instead of midtown Manhattan.

After the madhouse of neuroses with the Wolffmen it takes a major adjustment but I seem to be doing alright so far. At one point, I was having a break, outside having a puff when I saw someone from behind and I wasn’t sure if it was who I thought it was and it turned out it was. It was a girl named Kelly who I met years ago when working at another staffing agency, Staffmark. I said Kelly, and she turned around quite happy to see me. It’s funny I met her at Staffmark. Her job was watering the plants in the office for a plant company. We got along great there, then when I was working at Wanker Banker she was watering plants in the building for another company.

We both laughed when I told her where I was working now, which is right down the street from where she is based. I expect we’ll be crossing paths again somewhere down the line. It was just one of those days, neither up nor down, just mainly a few connections with good people from my past. Quite nice.