Green beer

Saturday, March 16, 2013
4:20am
I fell asleep at 7:30 pm!  Geez… this cough is kicking my ass.  Woke up at 1 am… can’t sleep more.  Ugh.  Hope your weekend got off to a good start.  xx00
11:57am
Good morning!  I see you are starting off the St. Patrick’s celebration in style!
[He posted photos of him drinking green beer!]

Requisition

Friday, March 15, 2013 
8:27am
Happy Friday!  Payroll for me. Hope you have a fun day!
11:20am Phil
Happy Friday! I’m trying, lot of high level meetings
4:52pm Phil
I just went from not knowing where they’d put me to sitting in another big chair! How do I get myself into this shit?
4:53pm
Congrats, you idiot.
Not surprised… you thrive on that stuff.
This gets you a big raise, right? 
4:58pm Phil
Much more work, no raise. The boss liked the proposal and ideas, apparently a lot.
4:58pm
But you are still leaving soon?
4:59pm Phil
Oh yeah.
I’m going to kick start it and do all nasty work which is telling people what they don’t want to hear and then turn it over to the next person in a few months.
5:00pm
Sounds like fun!
Keep you out of trouble. 
5:01pm Phil
I need help!
5:01pm
Requisition it. Form ZX-6-55JQE-HELP, right?

Cough


Thursday, March 14, 2013
6:27pm
How’d your Thursday go kid?  Another wacky day at work for me.  I am missing our latest project so I don’t cough all over everyone… ugh.  Have a great evening!
6:28pm Phil
Was ok! Get better soon girl!

Waffling

Wednesday, March 13, 2013
8:53am
Finally a little better!  They gave me an inhaler and serious cough medicine.  
Off to work.  Have a great Wednesday kid!
9:00am Phil
Glad to hear that!  Have a great day!
9:01am
How are you doing?  Your wife starting to get better?
6:16pm Phil
I’m ok. My wife is my wife. We do fine out to dinner or at a winery. We can go to a show, no one is going to mistake us for a romantic couple. I like bars, she does not, I like to party, she does not, a day on the beach is nirvana for me, a day at the mall is for her. The thought of whipping up a nice dinner never occurs to her. The idea of meeting me with a drink, completely foreign. I look at the impact to my kids, the financial impact, and the fact that except for not having an intimate relationship or a particularly fun one, it’s not so bad.
6:28pm
You are still waffling?  I’m in your corner no matter where you sit but…  
Your kids? you’ll still love them – better w/o their mother making you cranky.  
Money?  You never cared about that.  Intimacy.  Fun.  YES!  
“Not so bad” is NOT LIVING.  
I’m stuck but you can go!  GO!  Try something else!  LIVE!
Psst… I was asking if she’s feeling better from the cough!
7:19pm Phil
Nah, she still feels crappy! 
Good pep talk! I need a kick in the keyster from time to time
7:24pm
I would like to do things to your ass but kicking you is not what I had in mind. 
7:29pm Phil
Ha ha!

New York State of Mind

Tuesday, March 12, 2013
8:57am
Off to the doctor, still coughing and didn’t sleep.  Hope they can do something!   
Have a terrific Tuesday kid.
9:40am Phil
I’m sure they can.  Snowing here again. Hope you feel better.  I know how miserable it is to be sick like that.
8:56pm
This reminds me of you… an amazing musical moment!
Billy Joel invites Michael Pollack onstage to play New York State of Mind.
Recorded in the Langford Auditorium at Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN January 2013.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pttf5RPXBmc

Still sick

Monday, March 11, 2013
8:57am Phil
That sucks! Sorry to hear you’re still sick. 
My wife is sick too. I was down hard for two weeks too. Miserable.
9:10am
Hiya kid.  I’m still sick… finally caved and started trying various drugs.  They mostly make me sleep.  Which is okay but… blah!  Hope your Monday is marvelous!
9:38am Phil
My wife is going to the Dr. I’m finally mostly healthy. Crappy weather is killing me.
9:40am
If dr does anything for her, let me know.  People say I should go but the mess of going out combined with they don’t do anything keep me here.
10:10am
Is there any good news?  I need a smile…