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So I spent the past week at a conference with my team. It was a great time, however it was incredibly tiring. See, we didn’t just do the conference work, which was busy and challenging all on it’s own. Actually, it was all day and night, since we had a casino near by.
Each night of the conference we all went to the casino and played roulette and blackjack until midnight at least. Did you know they have “War” as a casino game? Seriously all you have to do is bet on you winning the highest card versus the dealer. It’s an even dollar payout, so I have no idea why you would play this.
Back to the gaming. We would arrive at the casino by 8 or 9 and stay there playing roulette until after midnight. After we won/lost a bunch of money at the tables we would go to the local all night restaurant and eat poutine, pies and milkshakes. Every night. I gained 4 pounds in one week.
We had a routine of leaving the hotel at 8am, driving to the conference thirty minutes away, spending all day at the conference, getting some dinner and then going to the casino until 1am.
But we bonded.
Focus.
It’s a good one too.
Everyone has a Churchill quote. I like this one. No idea if that is really his.
I love my job. I get to interact with some amazing people, share ideas and have some fun. I was lucky enough to be invited to a potluck being held by several teams, and the best part about it was that I didn’t have to bring any food! But they wanted me to sing for my supper, metaphorically. They wanted a magic show. I seem to be not only the company Agile Coach but the company Magician. No problem at all! What a great place to work! PointClickCare is amazing.
I’ve already started doing this.
A new friend at work has just recently immigrated to Canada from Vietnam and was telling me today that he thought Canadians were crazy during the summer when he arrived. “Everyone is wanting to go outside all the time. I don’t understand it.” But now that he has lived through a record Canadian cold he has changed his mind. Now he understands. It’s only -6C right now and he was so happy. He said he didn’t have his jacket done up when he walked from the bus because it was so much warmer. And now he gets why everyone wants to go outside during the summer. “It’s so cold during the winter, now I understand. I will go outside so much during this summer.”
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