Nothing makes you miss home more than when you are sick. In
Indiana, when I was sick my mother always took care of me. Most of the time she
insisted I stay at her house while she stayed busy making sure I ate and had
more liquids coming in then going out. Food was plenty; the TV remote was
handed to me like a princess and all my favorite things surrounded me.
Being sick in China…ugh. I guess the good news about my
accommodations not being ideal is that I wanted to stay at work rather than stay
at home. Staying at work means work getting done. The bad news is many of the
interns are now sick L
not sure I am totally responsible for that – after all someone else gave it to
me first. I know I know that sounds so
blame…
Today I managed to make it to work again even though I still
felt weak. I’m glad I did because our mentors had returned from TechFest and
decided to take some of us out to lunch. Seriously, who can pass up a free
lunch? It was a good lunch and it was nice to catch up with them and hear
about their adventures at the conference. In return, they got to hear about my weekend
of sniffles and coughing. But the best
part of lunch was when I got a chance to tell our mentors about some of the
interns I work with here - interns who have greatness written on their
foreheads but who are too humble to see it themselves. I hope somehow I planted
good seeds for their future with Microsoft. It felt good to cheer someone else
on in their race of life and not be so caught up in my own – I took a
mini-break from my own race.
I suppose my mini-break came and went too fast. Now I am
back wondering what I am supposed to do with the rest of my life. I know I know one step at a time and just
enjoy the show J
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