A Little Bit of Nostalgia

In the days before acronyms like CHA, LO, PP and LMAOPIMP were a meaningful part of my vocabulary, I spent my days buried in SPE, SDLC, MLC, DNA, PIT, PDA, and IMEI! If you have any idea what any (or all) of those mean, then you probably shared some time (maybe a LOT of time) with me at Consilium Place. I dropped by for a quick visit there yesterday!

I still find I hard to believe that I let two years pass between my last drive to work and my first trip up to 16 to get a visitor's pass! Wow! And while the building looks very much the same (except maybe the pay parking station!), so much more has changed. The 10th floor was cluttered with so many new faces, and while Robin, Mike G. and I sat in the lobby beside Pumpernickle's, I found it hard to believe how few faces I knew.

That said, I was thrilled to be greeted with wonderful, familiar faces, even on such short notice.

It is always wonderful to see Heidi. I loved seeing Robin's pictures of little Matthew, and it was fantastic to hear that Mike G. is engaged! We did a quick drive-by past Jane, who was in a meeting, and then visited at Michele C.'s cube, where Andrew joined us, and - believe it or not - no-one had to come by and sush us (even though we were a tiny bit loud!)


There were so many more people that I miss, and would loved to have seen this time around. Of course, Candace and Laura Lea, you may be back before my next visit (and hey LL, I KNOW you're reading this - drop me a line!). Crina, Lisa B., Jane and David K., I will plan better next time so that hopefully you won't be out of the office or in meetings. I promise that next time it won't be another 2 years!

Enjoy this photographic trip down memory lane. I think that each of you is in at least one of the photos here. And hey - if any of the pictures don't load, or your browser crashes, I've been told apparently the thing to do is to blame it on Provisioning Re-design!