Immeasurably More

I was sitting in the pub with several co-workers when it occurred to me... Today is my three year anniversary with my company. My third year with a full-time, grown-up, getting health insurance job. I feel all grown up. Today I was also told that I am the "Mom" of my company's reporting technology. Ok. I don't feel that grown up.

Several weeks ago, my boss's boss came to me and said, "Since you're going to be in Phoenix, you may as well go to Chile to train our new employees there", as if Santiago were just across the state line. I protested because I still need to finalize my UK visa application and I have to do that from the US , but in the end, I scheduled a two night stay in Santiago . (For the curious, Santiago is a two leg, 13-14 hour flight from Phoenix . Almost exactly the same flight time as from Boston .) And now I'm on the restaurant balcony on the 17 th floor of the hotel, looking at the Andes and drinking espresso. There's also American easy listening pop music on the radio, if that can be considered a bonus. Sometimes we have to suffer for our work.