The Beautiful People

So today was only slightly more productive than yesterday, but only because there was stuff I HAD to do.
The “stuff” I had to do was work-related and involved going to my company’s headquarters (I work in a separate facility).
I don’t have much reason to go to headquarters too often, but when I do, it’s always sort of surprising.
See, where I work, there are a lot of people, such as myself, who are involved in the more technical end of things, whereas the people at headquarters handle things like accounting, marketing, business, and so forth.
There’s something of a divide between the kinds of people drawn toward the technical side and those drawn toward the non-technical.
In a nutshell, the place I work is full of geeks, dweebs, and nerds, and all of the “beautiful people” can be found at headquarters.
Meaning no offense to my co-workers, it’s always sort of surprising to see that there are non-geeky, attractive people working for the company.
Of course, when I do go to headquarters, it’s with the understanding that eventually I’ll have to eventually crawl back under the bridge with the rest of the trolls.
The actual meeting that I had to attend was sort of interesting, but also unsettling.
For a variety of reasons, I won’t get into details, but the focus of the meeting was on a part of the company that I used to work in. I only worked there for a year (this was back in Tucson), before I got my current job and moved out here to Northern Virginia, but suffice to say that year was pretty horrendous, and today’s meeting brought back a lot of bad memories.
Still, they did provide lunch, so that was a good thing.
Most of the people attending the meeting didn’t really fall into the “beautiful people” category, with one notable exception.
Actually, though she does fall into that category, she doesn’t work a headquarters. She works where I work, and, in fact, works in my department.
Of course, my department is pretty large, and she doesn’t work in the particular division (for want of a better term) that I work in, so I usually only see her at meetings, like this one.
Not that it matters, since she’s married.
I’ve never spoken to her, so I know that’s she’s married only because of the huge diamond on her finger is hard to miss.
I do enjoy seeing her, though, as I find her enormously attractive.
On the physical level, she falls pretty squarely into the “ideal” category for me (though she’s a bit on the skinny side).
But alas, like pretty much every woman I’ve ever been attracted to, she’s already spoken for.
Anyway, after the meeting I went grocery shopping.
That was about as exciting as it sounds.
Once I got home, I did laundry and cooked dinner (Chicken breasts in lemon sauce).
Beyond that I worked on some more Nagel pictures, some of which I’ll be posting.
And that pretty much brings us up to speed.
I haven’t done any work of the story I was writing, but then I haven’t heard anything about the story I submitted, and I suspect that the rate at which I finish the story will depend on whether or not the first one gets sold.