Wednesday, March 16, 2022

The Way We Were Wednesday - Two Years

Two years ago today, I went to the office, picked up a laptop and copied of a couple of folders and came home for what I thought would be a couple of weeks of work from home isolation.  Not in my wildest imagination did I think that we would still be primarily working at home, two years later.  That I would still be in my box.  

A lot has happened at the office, someone died, someone left, someone retired, two new people have joined us, I have been promoted, all without being there in person.  The way we were, the way we worked, may never be the same. 

But I do hope I get more time outside of the box. 

I have no idea what the story of the guy in the box above is.  I was walking near the King Street station in Alexandria one day and he is in a front yard, with a spotlight. I knew this image would come in handy someday.  
 

15 comments:

  1. Anonymous3/16/2022

    Who would have thought how much the world and our lives would change, never mind the fear of the then very unknown.

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    1. It will be a marker on out lives

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  2. The character in the box is the Lorax (Dr. Seuss). He speaks for the trees.

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    1. And he is on a tree stump

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    2. Exactly! He stood on a tree stump in the book.

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  3. I kinda like the Lorax-[Thanks Mitchell]-In-The-Box.
    I have gone back to four days inside work just recently. It still feels weird.

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    1. I am in the office occasionally, our return to office plan has no on my team in more than 3 days a week, one only 1.

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  4. "I knew this image would come in handy someday." And today's the day!

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    1. I have thousands of photos waiting for the right idea

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  5. Two years...wow. Sometimes it feels like forever, other times a blink of an eye.

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  6. That image is perfect for your post. It is very hard to believe it's been two years. I find myself saying things like "just a few months ago I went to...." and then realizing it was before the pandemic so it had to be at least two years ago and probably longer. It's a strange feeling.

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