I left for the office this morning at 5:30 am and arrived shortly after 6 am.  The next 15 hours passed by in a millisecond.  I attended meetings, prepared a report based on feedback I had solicited from the engineering team, met with many new colleagues and generally set about the work required of my new job.  When I left the office, shortly after 9 pm, I was expecting a quick commute with little traffic.  Instead, I faced an arduous journey through the season’s first snowfall.  The unplowed roads were strewn with cars that had slid off or crashed.  It was a white-knuckled drive that lasted over an hour and a half.   My car is not very good in the snow and I only wish that my new Audi arrives before the winter driving season is over.