October 9 2008
Since last post, I moved on from the bank to an insurance company - yet still in asset managment structuring private investment funds, working within the business of making nothing but money.
September was a wayward month - began with a surfer chic in Montauk and then a week later there was a day that chicken little seemed right on. An usury-lite loan from the government saved us; yesterday more billions from the Fed for sec lending. The emotion in the air at work varies from tension to sadness to fright. The subsidized 7th floor cafeteria is running out of food before 1 pm. Everyone is doing their best to appear busy and keep income in their pocket. We are learning to save as a company and a nation.
What's a mother to do when her nanny needs a raise and her daughter the fancy music classes with a live band and puppet show. Upper middle class mothers are in a delicate situation - there's a careful balance between the paycheck they bring in and the paycheck that goes to their nannies. Unwind one salary and the other is up for grabs too, yet how's a mother to look for work if she cannot afford baby-sitting. I learned incidentally that my nanny also has a nanny for her child - and wondered but dared not ask what the income disparity there was.
June, as the daughter now calls herself courtesy of little einsteins, is getting more beautiful each day. "What are you?" I asked her. "Magnificient," she replies. No lack of confidence or egotism here. It's a bit unchecked where I'm concerned but can one fight their nature.
Today's wayward schedule.
8:45 Arrive at work. Tea, more tea. Read emails.
9:00 Review the news: wsj, ft, horoscopes, penelope trunk
9:15 Draft email to Africa team about making capital calls, gently asking them to think about it.
9:30 Call to colleague in midtown re: revising disclosure for recent developments. Left vmail.
9:35 Develop to do list
9:40 TC with hubby re planning a thanksgiving trip to South Beach. Internet research for prices. Book flights.
10:15 Book acupuncture appt for lunch
10:20 Take call from boutique that my Theory size 8 suit has been ordered
10:25 Check prices for music class - an astounding $545 for 10 weeks!
10:30 Go downstairs and find myself ordering a breakfast sandwich of 2 eggs, cheese, sausage. A small clue to what stands between me and size 6.
10:40 Eat sandwich while reviewing a hedge funds presentation from outside counsel
11:00 Take call from colleague and discuss disclosure aspects - find him a bit fast and loose in his approach but get him to agree to send me the samples his boss has been circulating.
11:15 Read inbox. Consider further action - decide verbal advice presented at next meeting preferable in this case.
11:30 Book sobe hotel
12:00 Email last vacation spot for deposit refund check - troubleshoot date on check.
12:15 - 1:30 Acupuncture
1:45 Decide to recommit to blogging as a real time record of the historic events I am living through. Find old blog account untouched for over a year and start typing!
I'll let you know how the rest of the day goes.
Since last post, I moved on from the bank to an insurance company - yet still in asset managment structuring private investment funds, working within the business of making nothing but money.
September was a wayward month - began with a surfer chic in Montauk and then a week later there was a day that chicken little seemed right on. An usury-lite loan from the government saved us; yesterday more billions from the Fed for sec lending. The emotion in the air at work varies from tension to sadness to fright. The subsidized 7th floor cafeteria is running out of food before 1 pm. Everyone is doing their best to appear busy and keep income in their pocket. We are learning to save as a company and a nation.
What's a mother to do when her nanny needs a raise and her daughter the fancy music classes with a live band and puppet show. Upper middle class mothers are in a delicate situation - there's a careful balance between the paycheck they bring in and the paycheck that goes to their nannies. Unwind one salary and the other is up for grabs too, yet how's a mother to look for work if she cannot afford baby-sitting. I learned incidentally that my nanny also has a nanny for her child - and wondered but dared not ask what the income disparity there was.
June, as the daughter now calls herself courtesy of little einsteins, is getting more beautiful each day. "What are you?" I asked her. "Magnificient," she replies. No lack of confidence or egotism here. It's a bit unchecked where I'm concerned but can one fight their nature.
Today's wayward schedule.
8:45 Arrive at work. Tea, more tea. Read emails.
9:00 Review the news: wsj, ft, horoscopes, penelope trunk
9:15 Draft email to Africa team about making capital calls, gently asking them to think about it.
9:30 Call to colleague in midtown re: revising disclosure for recent developments. Left vmail.
9:35 Develop to do list
9:40 TC with hubby re planning a thanksgiving trip to South Beach. Internet research for prices. Book flights.
10:15 Book acupuncture appt for lunch
10:20 Take call from boutique that my Theory size 8 suit has been ordered
10:25 Check prices for music class - an astounding $545 for 10 weeks!
10:30 Go downstairs and find myself ordering a breakfast sandwich of 2 eggs, cheese, sausage. A small clue to what stands between me and size 6.
10:40 Eat sandwich while reviewing a hedge funds presentation from outside counsel
11:00 Take call from colleague and discuss disclosure aspects - find him a bit fast and loose in his approach but get him to agree to send me the samples his boss has been circulating.
11:15 Read inbox. Consider further action - decide verbal advice presented at next meeting preferable in this case.
11:30 Book sobe hotel
12:00 Email last vacation spot for deposit refund check - troubleshoot date on check.
12:15 - 1:30 Acupuncture
1:45 Decide to recommit to blogging as a real time record of the historic events I am living through. Find old blog account untouched for over a year and start typing!
I'll let you know how the rest of the day goes.
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