Day one at work: check

I survived my first day back at work!  It started a little rough, when I went out to my bus stop (across the street from my apartment) to find it has a huge new "Bus Stop Closed" sign on it, due to construction.  I hustled to the next stop and made it on the bus.  I even made it all the way to Bellevue uneventfully.  How exciting and grown-up of me!  ;)

Two bus rides and a short uphill walk to work was a little much apparently, as I walked it fast (that's what us tall people do) and got to work a little lightheaded.  I'll take it slower tomorrow.

It's sort of a tradition in my department to decorate someone's desk when they've been out on vacation or leave or anything like that.  While my work friends told me they wouldn't do anything to my desk, I couldn't help but laugh when I rolled in to a HUGE Hershey kiss-filled set of lips on my desk, plus some gorgeous glamour shots of 2 of my coworkers (it's a long story...).

The flash was a little too strong for the chocolate lips, plus ye olde David decorating my wall

Ryan in a leopard cowboy hat says "welcome to my classy audit area" very nicely

Oh, and did I mention that my chair was taped to my desk, my candy bowl (since I look like a receptionist, hence the Hershey kisses) was taped to my desk, my phone was taped to its cradle, and my computer cords were sneakily unplugged?

No kleenex left behind

A lovely little surprise (taped, of course) to my chair: woop woop woo hoo!

My eyes got pretty tired from gazing at my computer for so long today, to a point where my head hurt a bit.  But the shorter than normal workday helps, and I'm hoping/expecting that things will get better every day.  Plus I have some lovely new decor at my desk to look at, so that helps too.  :)

Thanks Expedia friends for a good first day back!