Must Be The Week Of Awards

Well, I guess it's "going around". I was presented with my awards packet and certificate for "5 Years Of Dedicated Service to L*****, Inc." yesterday. Each year, the company honors length of service milestones (5 years, 10 years, 15, etc.) at a luncheon held in November. We are also given the choice of a nice gift commensurate with service levels. I chose a really nice watch, described as being waterproof to 165 feet.

All in all, life at L***** has been very good. It has afforded me travel to Hoosick Falls NY (coldest place I've ever spent a January), to Meinerzhagen and Ludenscheid, Germany for a month, to Albany NY, to Hamptonville NC, to Columbus OH, to St. Johnsbury VT, to Rochester NH (far too many trips, there), to Ossipee NH (with many more trips to come, in '06), to Austin TX (twice), to Boston MA, to Baltimore MD, and possibly soon to Atlanta. Also, L*dall was kind enough to allow my work-from-home situation when I broke the ankle. Other companies might have forced a short-term or long-term disability in that situation.

In retrospect, most importantly, it was also a major reason I met my lovely bride, since had I not come up here in '97, we'd not have met. Yep ... it's been a good eight (oops) five years.