My worlds beautifully collided today

I had overwhelming feelings of missing my work and my Google family today, and did a lot of thinking about my life before the diagnosis.

I've been offline as one would expect since I'm on medical leave, but I reached out and checked in today in GoGo's AI Vibe Party Chat room, a space where I would share updates on our AI models, projects, and any relevant news that our teams should know about. It was also a place I tried to create fun and inspiration to have other Googlers join in trying new ways of working, and this is what I miss the most.

My worlds collided today. My dear friend Leslie Figg (Great Lakes Sports Hub, former Float Sixty Chief of Staff) planned to meet my long time Google leader Laura Riegert in person to get these special TEAM GOGO, WE FIGHT TOGETHER bracelets on the wrists of my colleagues. I mustered up the strength to crash their party and we met up at Small Cheval for a brief hello.

Don't worry, this cheeseburger thing is not a habit. Given I've had nausea for the last few days, I'm just trying to get some calories in that I can handle.

Thank you Leslie and Laura. You made today special, and it felt good to talk a little shop to distract me from my reality and new way of life.

When I was sick earlier in the year, my colleague Kevin Garnica joked that GoGo was NoGo, and it sure feels like a perfect description in this moment.