Yesterday an ex-co-worker stopped in at the office. Bernie worked with me about 8 years ago as our production manager, and now works for a company that services press rollers.
I love it when old friends stop in. It’s always fun to see people that used to be on “the team.”
Well, one of the things Bernie commented was that my beard “sure had turned gray.” (Hey — I don’t picture myself that way yet — I still feel 20-something, you know?) So, after he left I looked in the mirror, and… it really is true! Time has been passing, and I realize (again) that I am not the young grasshopper that I used to be.
Just for fun, here’s what I looked like when I started working in this building back in 1995.
The same way that I looked up to the experienced veterans that I used to work with (Dick Eichenberger, Dan McCracken, Dennis Headrick and others) and marvel at all the knowledge and experience they had — I realize that now I am the “masta” that other younger workers learn from.
Come to think of it, I am actually beginning to resemble the small figurine that sits in a potted plant on the desk behind me. Deanne gave me the plant with the little man sitting in it quite a few years ago, when I had a client that jokingly called me “masta preenta” every time he came in. (This was even before I had gray whiskers!)
So I am beginning to look like the old man…
… and he is beginning to resemble me!
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