The good news is that my slew of morning phonecons have magically dissolved, like mist in the sunlight.<\/p>\n
The bad news is that it’s because a critical participant in a couple of them isn’t in the office, and another one of them got scheduled on top of another major phonecon\/meeting I have tomorrow. And I still have more than enough to fill in the vacuum of those phonecons.<\/p>\n
Long week ahead.<\/p>\n
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