What I did at work today

Yes, every single thing in his cube is wrapped in black tissue paper. Don't turn 40 at this place!

Construction strikes again

I've been temporarily displaced from my cube...again. Although this time I should get to move back. They are painting some parts in the new addition and the smell was too much for me to handle. And more than I wanted Baby Girl exposed to. My boss, being the concerned father-like-figure, suggested they move my computer to one of the empty cubes upstairs until they are done painting. Sounded good to me. Now I am sitting right outside the CEO's office. Time to be on my best professional behavior!! Hopefully they don't mind my constant eating and peeing. :)

I do miss my coworkers though. It's really quiet and a little lonely. I feel out of the action. Someone come and visit me!

Look what came to work today!

Oh I wish I were an Oscar Mayer Weiner...

Yep can't get that song out of my head. Pretty sweet ride though!!

Seeing Stars

I was having a pretty crappy day yesterday. I won't go into all the details but lets just say it started off with little sleep and not feeling well and ended with me throwing a phone across the room. (note: I'm not usually like that but these hormones do crazy things! They seem to be hitting especially hard this week) Anyways, there was one little bright spot when I got the star award at work! They hand out a handful to people every quarter to recognize excellence. Put a smile on my face for at least a few minutes.

Valentines Party

Today was my favorite day of the year at work - frost your own cookies and bingo day! Our building puts on parties for the tenants a few times a year and this was one of those days. I have yet to win at bingo but the cookies are so delicious they definitely make up for it.

Here's an aerial view of the frosting station.


My personally decorated cookies.

Basket Auction

Bought this today at our work basket auction. Conner must've been a good boy this year...

Another Move

Yesterday was my last day of having a window at work. The new addition on our building got to the point where they needed to put the "temporary" wall up where my cube was and forever block our view of the outside. I'm actually quite happy with my new cube for the most part. I'm still by my friends and can see out the window on the other wall. If you remember the last time I moved it was quite the switch to have all low walls and views of our neighbors. This new cube is back to the high walls and I already miss the low ones. Funny how once you get used to something you really adapt to it. Here's the views!

Looking in. (I need some posters!)




Looking Out


My old space. No more furniture!!

Story of my life

Can anyone else relate to this like I can? (sorry for the blurriness)

The Beginning of the End

This is the view out my window at work...





The building addition has started. Soon I will be displaced from my cube and forever lose my window view. :( They are putting a wall up where my cube currently sits during the construction period. Not sure where I will be moving to or what will happen when the construction is complete. Sad days ahead...for now I'll enjoy the view.

Dilbert

This made me lol this morning. Maybe hits too close to home... :)



Pics compliments of Dilbert daily strip.

TCF Bank

I got to take another tour of the new Gopher Stadium today. It was amazing to see all the changes since last time. The detail work is incredible. The maroon and gold/gopher/M theme is carried out in everything.

on the back of a lounge chair


in the sinks


backs of the stadium chairs


The tour took us everywhere from the outside to the press box, president's suite, DQ lounge on the club level, to the regular seats and finally to the field.


So fun to see everything up close. I took a lot more pictures than I can show here so check them out!

Jungle Cube

The plant next to me is slowly growing into my cube. I think that it's almost in full takeover. If I was just a tiny bit taller I'd be hitting my head on it. Think they'll trim it soon?

Things you should not see at work

There's a conference room at my work that is right next to my department. We have a tendency to use all the whiteboards in there and then leave what's on them for many months at a time. I know it drives other people nuts. It looks like someone got a little fed up with one of our lists on the board. Check out this pic and see if you can spot the line that doesn't belong.

Stadium Seats

Every morning as I walk from my bus stop to my building I take a glimpse to see how the new stadium is coming along. I usually don't notice many differences but last week it caught my eye. There was color - maroon and gold popping out from the stands!! I only had my camera phone so the pictures isn't the greatest. You can see "M I N" starting to be spelled out. Pretty sweet! Can't wait to see it when the whole name is there.

TCF Bank Stadium

Andy, a coworker of mine, has a friend who is the director of stadium operations for the new Gopher Stadium. Thursday, he invited us to come and take a tour of it! It was really sweet to see how far along they are and how awesome it is going to be. I took quite a few pictures. Here are some of my favs:

View from the outside looking in.


View from the 6th floor press box.


Gopher Locker room. Notice the "M" on the ceiling.

Speling B

I have always been a horrible speller and have never found anyone worse than I until I started working at my current job. My manager takes the cake on this one. He is constantly getting made fun of by us as he writes stuff on the white boards. He must've had a particularly hard day when he wrote these...





Yes that's supposed to say Budget and Prospecting. Oh too funny!

A bike ride in the bay

The last afternoon out here we decided to take a bike ride over the Golden Gate Bridge. It started by Fisherman's Wharf, followed the bay, went over the bridge, and ended in Sausalito. It was soo beautiful! There were many scenic overlooks that took your breath away. I took a million pictures and will get them all up soon but here's a couple of the best ones.









Heading home tomorrow (Friday). The trip has been great but I am very excited to see my hubby and puppy! And also sleep in my own bed. Gotta love all the comforts of home.

What a party!

Last night was Oracle Appreciation Night. It was AMAZING. It's so hard to describe the massiveness of this event and how everything they did they went all out for. It was held on Treasure Island. There were 2 huge stages for the bands, one outside and one inside under a tent. They also had tents filled with foods varying from sushi to dim sum to hog dogs, all the wine & beer you can drink, carnival rides, carny games, dance floors and tens of thousands of peoples. And all of it was free. My words really don't do it justice so maybe pictures will help.

The entrance.


The backside of the outdoor stage taken from top of the ferris wheel.


Looking down on the pier from the ferris wheel.


Inside one of the food tents.

More updates

Day 3 of conferences is complete. Those were my 3 big days and the next 2 will be lighter. My brain is glad!! I somehow manage to always pick the wrong places to sit in each session.

This morning I had the guy who could not sit still for more than 15 seconds right in front of me. He seemed to forget he was in the middle and kept putting his hands on his head blocking the view for everyone behind him. Thanks... This afternoon I had the guy who coughed every minute. That was pleasant too but the guy yesterday takes the cake. First, I am in this class that is 100% full. The speaker was one of the best presenters of the whole conference and his talks are always packed, so you think you should be able to stay awake through them right? oh no. Not this guy. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw him nodding off a couple of times out. I silently laughed. A little bit later I feel him fall into me!! He had fallen asleep so hard that he did the head bob and body fall to the side...right onto me. He immediately woke up and started apologizing and telling me that I need to elbow him. I laughed and told him next time I will. I think he felt bad but he should! At least he woke up and didn't continue to sleep on my shoulder.

Couple pics from yesterday that I had to share during our sightseeing tour. We walked around China town up to Washington Square.

This one is for Lori, Justin, Kristen any other neighbor who reads my blog. Note the clothes hanging all over. Remind you of anything?


This was taken in Washington Square. It's a big green space and these people were on the side doing aerobics and chanting. Think if I showed them my fitpass I could join??

Observations of San Fran

The trip has been great so far. We had our first day of conferences today and yesterday we crammed as much touristy stuff in as possible. Here's what I have noticed so far...

1. Sooo many hot men here but they are all soooo gay. Still very fun to look at!
2. There are random shoes laying all over the city sidewalks. Scott thinks it has to do with that scene in the movie The Pursuit of Happiness. This morning we even found the left shoe that went with the right one saw before. I will try and get pictures of these before the week is over. :)
3. When you check in you are given a bunch of free gifts including a shirt or jacket. Oracle apparently thinks not enough women attend this conference to make it worth while to make shirts/jackets in anything smaller than a men's large which as one of the workers said, tends to run big. sidenote: I have seen a lot more women here than I thought but still there has yet to be a line in any of the women's bathrooms. Miracle!
4. My pants are not going to be fitting by the end of the week. First Oracle makes sure there is some kind of food sitting out between every session - and it's all really good stuff from pastries in the am to cookies in the afternoon. Second all of the restaurants we have eaten at have been incredible!! I love good food!
5. There is a starbucks on every block. no joke. Bonus: the conference serves starbucks coffee ALL DAY LONG for free. I am in heaven...and am highly caffeinated.
6. My favorite quote of the day: This older man was handing out a drawing slip as you entered one of the sessions. One woman asked what it was for and the man replied it was to win a Wii - expect instead of pronouncing it Wii he said it like Why. Oh we laughed so hard.

Here's a couple highlight pics from Pier 39.

Renee and I with Alcatraz in the background. yes, it was super windy hence me eating my hair.


I loved the Sea Lions!!!


I also love all the cable cars and wiring everywhere. This was taken close to where the conference is being held.