Office Dwelling

Today, for the first time since August of 1997, I became the occupant of an office at work. The entire past nearly-eight years have been spent either in a machine-room, a cubicle, or working from home. The Pit Of Despair (and, since I haven't mentioned it lately, I should point new readers at this post from 2003 about the origins of "Pit Of Despair") recently moved from one-half a building in our office park to a full floor of a different building. In the process, I was upgraded from "cube-dweller" to "office-dweller".

There are things I have missed for a long time that I now finally have back in my life -- the ability to turn off the really annoying fluorescent lighting overhead, or the ability (obviously) to close the door when I really need to get work done.

I'm waiting for my big-ass whiteboard to show up, along with my new chairs (one for my desk two for visitors). I also just put in a request with my boss for a couple of flat-panel screens (with the bulky CRTs I've got now, they have to sit in such a way that whoever comes visiting, if they sit in the chair to my left, they're completely invisible behind the screens).

Now, I just need to decide what I want for wall decorations in my office.