This week is the last week of work for a good friend of mine. Mr. Craig Swanson will be retiring this week and after a bout 11 years working in cloth covered boxes one wall away from each other our time as coworkers has come to an end. I can still remember my early days working with Craig as a lowly newbie to the corporate dog eat dog world of a network engineering. Craig sported a look at the time of a balding head with long gray hair pulled into a pony tail and a gray beard very George Calrinesk.
Craig and I carpooled into Pasadena once a week being my house was on his way there. I have to admit that the time spent in the car on the 210 was well worth everything I could learn in life from Swanny. Not only the life lessons but the traffic laws that I am sure will prove to be priceless as I continue in daily drives. I would of never thought that pulling across the double lines into the carpool line in front of a CHP would be against the law. I have to admit in the last year I have realized how much I really missed those weekly trips to Pasadena.
Like I have said I have worked with Craig for years now. It is the longest I have worked side by side with someone that I can call a true friend. I will miss the advice and guidance you have given me over the years buddy. Please don’t be a stranger and I myself will try my hardest to do the same.