so college

why, you ask?  today was spent doing a lot of decorating.  on friday my coworkers and i set up the bare bones of our offices, but today was spent making them pretty.  throughout much of the morning i walked around from office to office and cubicle to cubicle checking out how my coworkers decorated and organized their spaces.  

i remember doing this each year during the first week of college.  everyone kept their doors open, and we all walked up and down the halls admiring everyone's dorm rooms.

we also had our cable installed today [we didn't have a tv in our old office], so we had that on all day.  needless to say, not a lot of real productivity, but i still did get a lot done.

watching some golf reruns while catching up on emails;
downstairs in classroom while waiting on hold with the cable company [gotta love the 70"er]

got a beautiful edible arrangement from our construction firm - the chocolate covered apples were THE BEST 

 

returned to the old office to get my 19 voicemails from the weekend... needless to say the only thing yet to transition is our phone system.

 and now i have a day off tomorrow... maybe i'll do some baking since it's been a while since i did that!

excitement and the big move!

what a couple of days!!

i just woke up from a wonderful nap after today's uconn vs north carolina state football game [uconn lost 10-7].  the game was at noon, so the tailgate started promptly at 7:30 am.  a couple of my friends who also work in the golf industry in CT and went to NC state joined us for the game -- it was great!  i love morning games because there is even more food than usual.  today we had breakfast burritos [my personal favorite] of scrambled eggs, bacon, and cheese, "chicken on a stick" marinated in italian dressing, and sausage and peppers; not to mention all of the cupcakes, chips, salsa, and other goodies.

mimosas, burritos, and jello shots... saturday morning breakfast of champions

mike and me [boy, it was early] 

uconn vs. nc state flip cup -- hey, at least we won this game! 

ct golf family... and mike's photobomb

now for the real reason i needed that nap: our office and new learning center is officially moved!  it took from 7 am until 10 pm yesterday, but it's done for the most part.

way too many happy faces on my coffee at 6 am

trying to be inspirational -- this was the site plan from 2007 and the site is finally done!

a mid-morning look at the chaos that was our office as well as the overall floor plan of our building

10 pm, all set up!
common office space; back storage room
downstairs classroom; putting green and simulator
my desk area

and a better look at my desk...

and i got my desk all together even with a 3 hour break to teach some lessons.  even as my coworkers were moving, we had our first class inside the building for a contest at the end of class.

and after all of that, i rewarded myself with a little fun on the simulator.  mike and i played this fun game [that he was better at] where you try and hit windows on the screen!

so close to the move

tomorrow is the big day,

and we've already made some progress...

moving stuff in...

went from nothing to having a simulator and putting green in one day...

picked out some furniture and now my old office is empty

and bonus -- picked some lovely things from the garden!