Is this an office?

Yes, I decided that Tuesday I would conquer the mystery of the new office. If you remember, there is an new Science Building at the top of the campus. Two of the five stories are done. This side of the first two floors are large lecture halls. The offices are in the back.

I planted myself in the secretary's office and she started calling around to find the key for office #10. After a few calls, she looked up at the cup on her desk (filled with keys that others have been taking and putting back all morning) and there was a clearly labelled key for Noel Petit #10. The key is a high security lock key and I doubt they will be able to keep these in a 5 gallon bucket, but it does open my door. In the office were two nice desks with office chairs, two computer roll-around desks and one book shelf. The office is nicely appointed and had electricity and all. No ethernet yet, but it will be there soon.

So this is the view out my window. This is basically the edge of town and the hills surround the campus. These hills were brown three weeks ago, but with the rain they are turning green. An interesting feature is the green tinted window. That will make it look green year around.

The only real drawback is that they are still building floors 3, 4 and 5. To give you an idea of how nice that is: take a large garbage can, empty it and put it over your head. Now invite 4 teenagers in and give them each a large shovel. Let them hit the can as hard as they can (with you in it). That is what the office is like. I am glad I kept the key to the old office as this one is only marginally useful.

We had rain today but like all these tropical rains it is short and really heavy. We are planning for Thanksgiving, but with a 70% chance of thunderstorms on Thursday, that is a 100% chance of a power outage (we had a short one today). Hopefully, the chicken and pies will get cooked in the morning before the storm. But, not to worry, if the power is out, the little restaurant up the hill (with real ice cream) has a generator and will be just fine.

Happy Thanksgiving to all and we wish we could join all of you. I really miss the pickles.