The building is impressive. It's on a huge plot of land and sits far back from the main roads. It was built by the now bankrupt PHICO. Our offices occupy the top (3rd floor) western half of the building. In the center of our space there is a courtyard that measures 35x75 feet and descends four floors to the basement level. When I walked to the railing for the first time, my legs did that I'm-not-going-any-farther-cause-you-are-gonna-kill-yourself thing. The area is just begging me to either fly some kind of model aircraft into it, drop something into the dark depths, or spit. So I did all three.
A few days after we were settled, the office manager sent an email to everyone, telling us not throw paper airplanes in the courtyard. This was odd because she knew it was only me and another employee having the paper airplane contest. Within the first week of starting my new job, I got in trouble and I was publicly reprimanded. Some things never change.
The land around the building is popular with hawks. On any given day there are 6 to 10 birds of prey flying around the building. It makes me want to get back into flying model sailplanes. On Friday, one of these birds was perched on the railing of our balcony. A coworker, who just happened to have his digital SLR with a 300 millimeter lens, snapped several photos. My son identified the bird as a Northern Goshawk.As soon as I get my digit SLR (hint hint, Sherry), I'll take some photos of the building.
And I heard you were blaming your behavior on me... I think it's apparent that I'm not the issue.
ReplyDeleteI still blame you.
ReplyDeleteWho do you blame now, Sweet Tea? That didn't work out well last time... he even admitted smashing the gum balls and you were still blamed.
ReplyDeleteWhy did you have to bring that up? That just hurts.
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