The Mystery of the "Talking Seat"

In order to understand The Mystery of the "Talking Seat" I need to give a little background. The building I work in is overwhelmingly lacking in space for people to work. I have been at the firm for over 8 months now and I am still waiting to get a cubicle (that's right...not an office but a cubicle). Because of this lack of space I am forced to sit along a windowsill that they have converted into "desks". Really it's just a slab of wood attached to the wall where I have just enough room for a phone, a monitor, and my laptop. There are 8 people sitting in a row along this windowsill. 6 of those places are assigned out to people as their permanent spot (well temporary permanent spots so they say), but the 2 seats next to me are for auditors for when they are not at the client sight. Now comes the mystery...

Everyday a new auditor comes and sits at the seat at the end of our windowsill. And everyday I'm hoping that it will be different. However, it is always the same. No matter what auditor decides to sit in that seat for the day, they sit there talking on the phone for hours. They don't talk about work related things...no...it's always personal. I don't know if there is a sign saying "if you're not going to work all day and all you want to do is talk to friends/family then you should sit here" or what, but I can't figure this out. And the weird thing is...this is the only seat where this seems to happen. No one else that I know who has to sit next to auditors has this problem. There are other auditors around me and they seem to work...just not when they sit in that seat. Maybe one day I'll discover why everyone who sits in there has to talk all day long. But until then, there will remain The Mystery of the "Talking Seat."

Our New American Idol

Yes - it is mere minutes after the news came out of who our new American Idol is for 2008. Yes - I am sitting in my bed listening to all his songs I've downloaded from iTunes. Yes - I am a dork. But I had to give a shout out to my boy DAVID COOK!!! I love you David!!!

Vacation

This is the longest times I've gone without blogging...pathetic I know. It hasn't even been all that long. Oh well. I have been doing lots of fun things that I should spend a lot of time blogging about. But I'm not really in the mood. That's why I haven't been on here lately...not in the mood. But I really don't want to do work right now so I figure this is the best thing to do to pass the time.

Well...what I've been up to the past few weeks: my parents came out to NY to visit me for 5 days. We had lots of fun! We shopped (Dad didn't have too much fun, but Mom and I did), went to Broadway shows (Boeing-Boeing, Mary Poppins, and Importance of Being Earnest), watched my cousin's son play baseball in Central Park, visited Dylan's Candy Bar, and walked a lot which was good because we also ate alot! We also went to the Natural History Museum. SO COOL!! I really like that place. We did lots of other fun stuff...but again...not really in the mood to blog so I'm cutting it short. I'm so glad they would come out and visit me though.

I didn't have too much time to miss them though because three days after they left they picked me up at the airport in SLC. It was my turn to be a guest. My five days in Bountiful were packed! My first day in Utah was spent shopping with my Mom and sister, and going to lunch with a couple of siblings. Then that night I went to my good friend Craig's wedding reception and Friday to his wedding luncheon. Then it was more family time! I had a sleep over with my nieces on Friday, went to my nephew's (Tyler) baseball game Sat. and then to a family BBQ at my sister Cori's house. Sunday was mother's day so the whole family came up to my parents' house for dinner. It was my one of my niece's (Kate) birthday the next day so dinner was also her birthday party. My family is getting quite large - 27 of us when we all get together!!! It's was so fun to be home and with them all again!!Then Sunday night it was time for me to come back to real life. Now I'm here sitting at work watching it rain wishing I were back on vacation...

Well...enjoy the pictures of my fun two weeks!!! (hopefully these will make up for my lack of blogging)