Reflections Through My Office Windows

Just how long is it, working at the same company for three decades? I'll tell you...it's so long, even I can barely remember starting there! When I was working, I didn’t really notice how time was creeping up on me, but now and then, I got a jolt to remind me that the years were passing. This usually occurred when I saw someone in the elevator that I hadn’t seen for awhile, and thought,
“Holy cow! She's got grey hair!” Fortunately for me, being an older mom with a young child kept me immune from the aging process. I'm pretty sure I'm still as young as I was the day I began my career.

Now that I’ve put some distance between me and my former home-away-from-home, I took a peek through my office windows to see just what transpired during my 32-year work tenure in the television industry:

• My life status changed from single, to married, to pregnant, to parent.
• I lived in two houses, three apartments, and two states.
• I had four bosses, six job titles, seven different offices, and so many assistants, I can’t even remember them all.
• Half of the people who worked for me weren’t even born when I started my job.
• I watched history in the making on my office TV: Lady Di and Prince Charles’ wedding, the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, OJ Simpson’s “not guilty” verdict, and the second plane hitting the World Trade Center. 
• TV technology advanced from only being able to watch TV during "real" time, to recording Three’s Company on my VCR, to TiVo-ing The West Wing, to watching True Blood on my iPhone. 

Holy Crap. That’s a long time. I’m done looking back.  It makes me feel old. It’s time to look ahead.  I think I’ll sign up for a Zumba class tomorrow!

Amy