The Fever

The first word Tim Harmon ever said to me had four letters in it and started with an F. That was all he said and he looked menacing when he said it. He marched by me and I spent a few months wondering whether I should fear him. He works in my building and looks a bit like the Unabomber.

After knowing him for about two and half years, I’ve realized he’s actually quite a nice guy and prone to coming up with ideas and phrases I couldn’t come up with on my own. I ran into him today on the back loading dock of our building. As he walked toward the building he asked me, “If you happen to see my motivation out here, would you bring it in with you?”

I wasn’t quite sure what he meant and I asked him to repeat himself. Then I got it. He was going through the same thing I am right now. A complete lack of desire to work.

Then he said, “You know, nobody ever talks about Fall Fever. There’s all this talk about the Spring, but this time of year, I’ve got the fever.”

Me too.

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