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."
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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!!!
Thursday, May 15, 2008
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)
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)
Friday, April 25, 2008
Playing Tourist in NYC
This past week, my good friend Mikey and her grandma came to NY. We had SO much fun!! For 5 days it was go Go GO! It was a good break from work after a long and hard busy season.
My vacation started a little early. I took the whole day off on Friday (even though Mikey and Grandma Page weren't coming until 6 pm). I sat up on my roof and read, took a walk in Central Park, stopped in the Met for some great art, and then walked down Fifth Ave. Then, as I was walking home, I saw a lot of people gathered along Park Ave and I had to check it out. As I stood around waiting with the crowd I found out that the Pope was going to drive by on his way to some cathedral on the UES. That's right...I saw the Pope. So...he was in a limo with tinted windows, but if you look closely at this picture then you can see his outline. Haha!
But enough of my adventures by myself...the real fun began when Mikey and Grandma Page arrived. It would take way to long to detail all that we did, so I'll just hit the highlights. We did all the typical things you do in NY: eating, walking, shopping, pampering, touring, and going to Broadway shows.
We wanted to get tastes of different cultures so we had a wide rand of cuisine each night. We ate a wonderful Vegan dinner at Gobo, amazing Thai food from Pongsri, delicious Cuban food from Cafe Havana, and a great deli-style lunch at Cafe Dukes. We also picked up 2 bags of the most amazing popcorn you will ever have from Dale & Thomas.
I am seriously impressed at the stamina that Grandma Page has. I think I was more tired then she was at the end of the day. We would leave my apartment around 11 am each morning and not come back until after 11 pm each night. And we saw a lot. We hung out in Times Square, we walked around the Financial District (Wall Street), walked through Central Park, saw Rockefeller Center, took a ferry to see the Statue of Liberty...and much more. Grandma even took a tour of Radio City Music Hall (while Mikey and I hit up H&M). Here are some pictures of the things we did while walking around NY.
On Tuesday we got pampered. Mikey and I got facials, Grandma Page got a mani-pedi, and my roommates Kimmy and Jamie got massages. It was terrific!!! Too bad we didn't get any pictures of us in our matching robes...
Of course we saw many Broadway shows...one every night (except Friday). We saw Lion King, Curtains, The Phantom of the Opera, Gypsy, and Wicked (well...Mikey and her grandma saw it since they won the lottery and only got 2 tickets). All very different shows and all wonderful!! I felt very cultured after they left. Haha!
Sadly on Wednesday afternoon Mikey had to go back to California, and Grandma Page had to go back to Utah, and I had to go back to work. But don't feel too bad for me. I had so much fun the past week...and my parents come out on Wednesday for another fun filled week of playing tourist!! I can't wait!
My vacation started a little early. I took the whole day off on Friday (even though Mikey and Grandma Page weren't coming until 6 pm). I sat up on my roof and read, took a walk in Central Park, stopped in the Met for some great art, and then walked down Fifth Ave. Then, as I was walking home, I saw a lot of people gathered along Park Ave and I had to check it out. As I stood around waiting with the crowd I found out that the Pope was going to drive by on his way to some cathedral on the UES. That's right...I saw the Pope. So...he was in a limo with tinted windows, but if you look closely at this picture then you can see his outline. Haha!
But enough of my adventures by myself...the real fun began when Mikey and Grandma Page arrived. It would take way to long to detail all that we did, so I'll just hit the highlights. We did all the typical things you do in NY: eating, walking, shopping, pampering, touring, and going to Broadway shows.
We wanted to get tastes of different cultures so we had a wide rand of cuisine each night. We ate a wonderful Vegan dinner at Gobo, amazing Thai food from Pongsri, delicious Cuban food from Cafe Havana, and a great deli-style lunch at Cafe Dukes. We also picked up 2 bags of the most amazing popcorn you will ever have from Dale & Thomas.
I am seriously impressed at the stamina that Grandma Page has. I think I was more tired then she was at the end of the day. We would leave my apartment around 11 am each morning and not come back until after 11 pm each night. And we saw a lot. We hung out in Times Square, we walked around the Financial District (Wall Street), walked through Central Park, saw Rockefeller Center, took a ferry to see the Statue of Liberty...and much more. Grandma even took a tour of Radio City Music Hall (while Mikey and I hit up H&M). Here are some pictures of the things we did while walking around NY.
On Tuesday we got pampered. Mikey and I got facials, Grandma Page got a mani-pedi, and my roommates Kimmy and Jamie got massages. It was terrific!!! Too bad we didn't get any pictures of us in our matching robes...
Of course we saw many Broadway shows...one every night (except Friday). We saw Lion King, Curtains, The Phantom of the Opera, Gypsy, and Wicked (well...Mikey and her grandma saw it since they won the lottery and only got 2 tickets). All very different shows and all wonderful!! I felt very cultured after they left. Haha!
Sadly on Wednesday afternoon Mikey had to go back to California, and Grandma Page had to go back to Utah, and I had to go back to work. But don't feel too bad for me. I had so much fun the past week...and my parents come out on Wednesday for another fun filled week of playing tourist!! I can't wait!
Friday, April 18, 2008
Going Green!
I don't know if everyone else has noticed this, but the world is going green. I'm not talking about "let's all recycle and save the earth" (though I'm all for that), I'm talking about the color green - EVERYWHERE!! As I walk down the street of NY all I see is green and I'm LOVING it!! Clothes, shoes, bags, trees, traffic lights...all green. All wonderful. And I've decided that green goes with every basic color - black, brown, white, blue, tan...the list goes on and on. If you can't tell - I have totally got the green bug. This bug first bit me about a month ago as I walked by the Coach store near my office and saw this FABULOUS green bag! It was love at first sight. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it) Coach is all sold out of my green bag - even on line. Tear! They do have these amazing green ballet flats, however; but spending $168 on them is a little too much for me. Sorry - sidetracked. Anyway - I think we should all "go green!" It's such a fun springy color!!
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Random Picture Time!
Today is April 15 (well since it's now after midnight it's actually April 16...but that's just a technicality), so I should be out celebrating right? You're wrong! I actually have to prolong my celebration until tomorrow. But in rebellion of the fact that I have to work tomorrow, I am staying up late to post random pictures on my blog (I know...LOOK OUT! I'm a rebel!). So here you are:
Twice a month my roommates and I have the missionaries over for dinner. A few Sundays ago it was my turn to cook and I made Hawaiian haystacks. We had quite a bit left over, so Katie and I decided to do the best we could to finish it. We got the pan of rice, the two pots of sauce (one chicken and one broccoli), and all the toppings (tomatoes, almonds, pineapple, chow mien noodles, raisins, onions, etc) and that became our movie snack. We ate our leftovers while watching whatever Jane Austen movie was on Masterpiece Theater that night. (which if you didn't see those you really missed out...AMAZING!!!) Most random movie snack award goes to us :)
Pictures of NY in the Spring. The flowers are so beautiful on all the trees. Yes...we really do have trees in Manhattan other than in Central Park. The pink three against the white building is a picture taken from my bedroom window. The street lined with trees is Lexington Avenue between 92-93 streets (right by where I live). The white tree with the gate in front is my all-time favorite tree. There is a close up of it as well...but it still doesn't do it justice. This tree looks like it is covered in daisies!! It's so beautiful! Everyday I walk by this tree and wish that it could stay like that forver. It's so beautiful! I love NY in the spring. I wish that everyone could experience NY in the spring. It really is amazing!!
This is another picture taken from my bedroom window. Lately, this has been my alarm clock. I know all of you are say "sweetie...those are not alarm clocks." But every morning for the past week at exactly 7:30 am, I get woken up by a loud whirring noise outside my window. It is honestly so loud that it drowns out my actual alarm clock (which is set to go off at 8:30). I have become quite good at going back to sleep after being woken up by this construction, though, so that's good. But it sounds like they are doing construction in my room, and not outside - 5 floors below me. I hope that they are just clearing this area out and that they are not going to be building anything as well...but I think that's just wishful thinking.
This is my favorite picture. Only in NY can you find a store that sells clothing for puppies and babies! That's right...puppies and babies. Gotta love the Upper East Side!
Twice a month my roommates and I have the missionaries over for dinner. A few Sundays ago it was my turn to cook and I made Hawaiian haystacks. We had quite a bit left over, so Katie and I decided to do the best we could to finish it. We got the pan of rice, the two pots of sauce (one chicken and one broccoli), and all the toppings (tomatoes, almonds, pineapple, chow mien noodles, raisins, onions, etc) and that became our movie snack. We ate our leftovers while watching whatever Jane Austen movie was on Masterpiece Theater that night. (which if you didn't see those you really missed out...AMAZING!!!) Most random movie snack award goes to us :)
Pictures of NY in the Spring. The flowers are so beautiful on all the trees. Yes...we really do have trees in Manhattan other than in Central Park. The pink three against the white building is a picture taken from my bedroom window. The street lined with trees is Lexington Avenue between 92-93 streets (right by where I live). The white tree with the gate in front is my all-time favorite tree. There is a close up of it as well...but it still doesn't do it justice. This tree looks like it is covered in daisies!! It's so beautiful! Everyday I walk by this tree and wish that it could stay like that forver. It's so beautiful! I love NY in the spring. I wish that everyone could experience NY in the spring. It really is amazing!!
This is another picture taken from my bedroom window. Lately, this has been my alarm clock. I know all of you are say "sweetie...those are not alarm clocks." But every morning for the past week at exactly 7:30 am, I get woken up by a loud whirring noise outside my window. It is honestly so loud that it drowns out my actual alarm clock (which is set to go off at 8:30). I have become quite good at going back to sleep after being woken up by this construction, though, so that's good. But it sounds like they are doing construction in my room, and not outside - 5 floors below me. I hope that they are just clearing this area out and that they are not going to be building anything as well...but I think that's just wishful thinking.This is my favorite picture. Only in NY can you find a store that sells clothing for puppies and babies! That's right...puppies and babies. Gotta love the Upper East Side!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Things I have Come To Realize...
After thinking long and hard about this after Kacee tagged me, this is what I have come up with:
Things I have come to realize...
1. I have come to realize that my family....is too far away from me. I miss them immensely. But I know that no matter how far apart we live, one day we will live together for eternity.
2. I have come to realize that when I talk...I don't look at the people I'm talking to. I look past them. Eye contact scares me.
3. I have come to realize that I need...sleep. The less sleep I get the grumpier I am. And trust me...you don't want me to be grumpy.
4. I have come to realize that I have lost...my ability to make a home-cooked meal. Eating out everyday for lunch and dinner will do that to you. Thank you tax season.
5. I have come to realize that I hate it when...I can hear people eating/drinking. It drives me CRAZY!!! I even annoy myself when I eat things like carrots and potato chips...it's gross.
6. I have come to realize that when I'm hungry...I eat junk food.
7. I have come to realize that money...is unequally spread out. In NY I see this magnified every day. Some of the wealthiest people live/work in NYC, while some of the poorest people are found sleeping in subway stations or on the street. There is so much money in the world, yet the majority of people don't have any of it.
8. I have come to realize that people...drive me crazy.
9. I have come to realize that I'll always be...a hopeless romantic.
10. I have come to realize that I'm in love with...reading. In the past 2 years I have rediscovered the joy a good book can bring me.
11. I have come to realize that my cell phone...doesn't ring as often as I would like it to.
12. I have come to realize that when I woke up this morning...I didn't want to get out of bed.
13. I have come to realize that before I go to sleep at night...I dream of the day I meet my future husband (see...hopeless romantic).
14. I have come to realize that right now I'm thinking about...how pathetic I sound (e.g.: #13)
15. I have come to realize that babies...bring me so much joy. Even though I don't have any of my own, I love being around them.
16. I have come to realize that when I blog...I try to let people see a different side of me from what they already know.
17. I have come to realize that today I will...try to not get frustrated with my senior at work.
18. I have come to realize that tonight I will...be one week closer to the return of Gossip Girl.
19. I have come to realize that tomorrow I will...party like it's 1999 because it is the end of tax season 2008!!! (most likely I will sleep...the party comes later when Mikey and Grandma Page come to visit!!!)
20. I have come to realize that I really want to...travel the world.
21. I have come to realize that everyone I tag will do this...because this is the best tag EVER!! Thanks Kac!
I'm going to tag Rachel Clegg, Shannon Lacey, Liz Hansen, Jenny Wilkes, and Courtnie Cotterell (and anyone else who reads this and needs something to blog about).
Things I have come to realize...
1. I have come to realize that my family....is too far away from me. I miss them immensely. But I know that no matter how far apart we live, one day we will live together for eternity.
2. I have come to realize that when I talk...I don't look at the people I'm talking to. I look past them. Eye contact scares me.
3. I have come to realize that I need...sleep. The less sleep I get the grumpier I am. And trust me...you don't want me to be grumpy.
4. I have come to realize that I have lost...my ability to make a home-cooked meal. Eating out everyday for lunch and dinner will do that to you. Thank you tax season.
5. I have come to realize that I hate it when...I can hear people eating/drinking. It drives me CRAZY!!! I even annoy myself when I eat things like carrots and potato chips...it's gross.
6. I have come to realize that when I'm hungry...I eat junk food.
7. I have come to realize that money...is unequally spread out. In NY I see this magnified every day. Some of the wealthiest people live/work in NYC, while some of the poorest people are found sleeping in subway stations or on the street. There is so much money in the world, yet the majority of people don't have any of it.
8. I have come to realize that people...drive me crazy.
9. I have come to realize that I'll always be...a hopeless romantic.
10. I have come to realize that I'm in love with...reading. In the past 2 years I have rediscovered the joy a good book can bring me.
11. I have come to realize that my cell phone...doesn't ring as often as I would like it to.
12. I have come to realize that when I woke up this morning...I didn't want to get out of bed.
13. I have come to realize that before I go to sleep at night...I dream of the day I meet my future husband (see...hopeless romantic).
14. I have come to realize that right now I'm thinking about...how pathetic I sound (e.g.: #13)
15. I have come to realize that babies...bring me so much joy. Even though I don't have any of my own, I love being around them.
16. I have come to realize that when I blog...I try to let people see a different side of me from what they already know.
17. I have come to realize that today I will...try to not get frustrated with my senior at work.
18. I have come to realize that tonight I will...be one week closer to the return of Gossip Girl.
19. I have come to realize that tomorrow I will...party like it's 1999 because it is the end of tax season 2008!!! (most likely I will sleep...the party comes later when Mikey and Grandma Page come to visit!!!)
20. I have come to realize that I really want to...travel the world.
21. I have come to realize that everyone I tag will do this...because this is the best tag EVER!! Thanks Kac!
I'm going to tag Rachel Clegg, Shannon Lacey, Liz Hansen, Jenny Wilkes, and Courtnie Cotterell (and anyone else who reads this and needs something to blog about).
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