Our office is small, and more than one person with a sick child at a time can be cause for panic, for the obvious reason that we are extremely dependant on each other.
This morning, a planned vacation, and dentist appointment, a broken alarm clock, and a sick child led to the unfavorable situation where the only people at the office for about an hour were Bill, David and me. For the record, Jim is more self sufficient than the rest of us, i.e, he knows how to type and how to use the phones.
So while I was typing up a letter that Bill drafted, and trying to remember to answer the phone if it rang, David walked by my office.
“Hey David!”
“What’s up?”
“If the phone rings, and it’s for Jim, and he’s not here, can you tell me how to send it to his voicemail?”
“Um. That’s a good question. I know you hit transfer or hold, or something, and then hit their line.”
“Yeah, I tried that a second ago, and I hung up on the guy.”
“I guess we should have asked Sarah before she went to the dentist.”
“Oh well, hopefully we won’t be here by ourselves for much longer.”
the thin line between optimism and delusion... 
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