So how many of you had to work today?

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

I know of some people who had today off, and based on the amount of traffic I saw on my way to work I would guess that quite a few other people had the day off today. I don’t. I’m here at my office plugging away as usual. Although, our office is closing early, at 3, so I probably shouldn’t complain.

By the way, I’m still waiting on my Office 2003 Beta 2 kit. I accidentally mistyped the delivery address, so I’m not sure when, or even if, it’ll get here for me to start playing with. Grr. I’m mad at myself for messing that up, and hoping I won’t end up having to re-order it.

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