Very Moving

Sheesh!
Moving offices sucks. Even though we were just moving to another floor in the same building it's been chaos (hence the blog break).

This is our new room. Much bigger than the old one but kind of echoey so when it's quiet it seems REALLY quiet and everyone just grins at one another and starts whispering and giggling.

I was supposed to have the first desk on the left with CB on my right but it was too exposed so I'm now in the third desk down and Chris the second. Nobody wants the end two desks so we've given them to the surveyors to hot-desk.

Here's our Genevieve (who some of you might recognise from Christmas drunk-time).
Gen's American so she is always getting overexcited about everything. She loved moving; it made her jump up and down and squeal a lot.

That's one of our little informal meeting areas along the corridor.
For once the architects' department has a whole floor to ourselves! Yay!

A nice new kitchen to mess up.
Note the fire door (which should always be closed) propped open with a fire extinguisher. Luckily the Fire Officer gives us notice of when he's coming round to inspect so we have time to run around and close all the fire doors that we usually leave propped open.

Pauline, Melissa and Little Amanda (as opposed to Big Amanda who you all know and love) watch the rest of us work.
Pauline sits across from me on my right. She's Queen Bee; second in command after CB.
We share the same surname and occasionally have to put up in a hotel together when visiting one of our more remote schools.
We book two single rooms and then turn up together at reception and announce "Mr.and Mrs. 'X' … Two rooms; we're having an argument."
Well it always makes us giggle.

This is where Old Dive will be checking your blogs and emails from now on.
Not until lunchtime though, as my boss now sits just off camera to my right and can see my monitor, dammit!
It's a more heirarchical set-up in the new office so the kids are all down at the far end (you can just make out Amanda's head way in the distance behind Tim's shoulder) and my life will be a lot more peaceful.
When kids actually have to get up off their asses and walk a few paces to ask a question you'd be amazed how many fewer questions they actually ask.
It's great! It filters out all of the dumb questions - well most of 'em, anyway.

Anyhoo … We moved in and the first day the aircon broke, leaving the rest of the building stifling and our new floor freezing, so now - while I am happily working from home - there are men on ladders everywhere, taking the ceiling to pieces and scratching their heads. Hopefully it will be sorted by the time I get back there on Friday.

So that's what I've been doing. How about you?