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re-connecting with a former colleague

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kawasaki, 2020.05.19

I've re-connected with a number of former colleagues from my last run at the life insurance firm where I am today. One unexpected connection came with a woman who worked at the same firm where Mari and I met, fifteen years ago. I told Mari of my struggles with the woman's name, and she realized it had to be the same person.

I then reached out to her former boss, who was my client and someone who I saw socially a number of times while living here. He has been living in the UK for several years, but was pleased when I reached out and told me to pass on his greetings to her as well.

rand()m quote

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

—Somerset Maugham