back in the saddle again

so i returned to the working world yesterday. it wasn't as bad as i thought it would be. i essentially spent the entire day talking to co-workers. the early partof the the morning was filled with hello's and hugs - people do start to miss you when they haven't seen you in a year. everytime i finished talking to someone another person would come by and talk. then we had a two hour team meeting. it was a good way for me to hear what was going on so that i could get acclimated. by then it was lunch time - so a bountiful feast of barbeque was in order. in the afternoon i continued the catch-ups and i started unpacking.

my office is officially a disaster zone. how do i have so much stuff and where did it come from? i swear i cleaned it before leaving. i guess my stuff multiplied, and then the summer students left a bunch of stuff in the office when they returned to school. it is slowly getting back to normal. unfortunately (or fortunately) i already have work on my desk to do. that being said... time to get back to the grind. i guess it is good to be back. a week from now i will be behind and i immagine that two to three weeks from now i'll be traveling again.