Danielle Blog

my office at work – before and after

This is what my office looked like on my first day of orientation. ugh. Note the popcorn machine by the window.

And the opposite wall had all these lockers, another drink machine, and a soap dispenser (of all things).

It was a long process to get it all out and finally have a working office. It basically took a full week and 2 days. Mainly because 4 days were wasted on trying to get the vendors to move the machines out. In the end, I think the school just moved them themselves and let the vendors deal with them after the fact.

That first week, they finally got the machines out, stripped and waxed the floor, and painted. I picked out furniture on Friday, which was delivered on Monday morning. I splurged over the weekend and bought a carpet for the room. It is more of a contemporary design. I spent Monday moving in my stuff (and rearranging the furniture a little bit with the help of my hallway neighbors). And then when I finally got my computer in place and working, I was all set (which happened Wednesday). The computer process was much slower than they had promised it would be. And then there were some issues that had to be resolved before it was working completely – isn’t that typical?

Finally, I got framed pictures hung on the walls, and took photos of my office.

I really like these black and white frames. I think they turned out really sharp with the matting and all. I’ve had people come into my office and be impressed that I took the photos myself.

Notice the swirly bamboo on my desk and the pottery that Texas Seestor made on the 2nd and 3rd shelves. She is also in the process of making me a flower pot!

All in all, my office makes me very happy to walk into. For one thing – it is my first office! Every time I come in after being out of it for a while, it makes me smile.

I have my first nameplate with my title on it too – you can see it on Flickr (I didn’t want to post it here).

More about my week(s) of teaching later. One thing at a time.