Well now.....we only get this once every four years.....Leap Year Day, the 29th of February!
I have tried to remember these days as they come along, trying to burn them into my memory. In 1972 I was in junior high school and home sick that day. In 1976, I was in San Jose, and it was an overcast day. In 1980, I can't remember what happened on that day, nor can I for 1984.
On Leap Year Day 1988, I became a satellite engineer. It was day one for getting to do something I had wanted to do: work on a communications satellite. It was one of your more advanced ones too, and I could not have imagined just how much I would end up learning about satellites. Years later a ham radio club asked me to do a presentation on satellites and I really had a lot of fun doing that.
I can't remember much of Leap Year Day 1992, 2000, 2004, or 2008. They must have been non-descript. I do remember the one in 1996. I was still a satellite engineer but this time I was in my first week at a new employer, and soon would be boarding a plane for Japan to meet the customer.
This year? Well today I guess would be non-descript. I went to work, attended some meetings, ended up getting more work dumped on me, and put in a longer day than usual. The longer day was by design as that I don't want to burn PTO for my PT appointment on Friday.
Anyway.....Happy Leap Year Day everyone! Make the most of it!
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