the bosses are out of town today. they went off to try and do some fund raising for the project i'm working on.

sooo. we all took the opportunity to take a lunch in the park today. four of us went to einstein bagels and got some lunch then drove out to the park across from our office.
i got some soup and a bag of chips to add the pbj i brought with me.

we sat down and ate our lunches and talked about work and the crazy kids that were around us. there was this one kid that was dressed up like spider man. i guess he was too impatient to wait till halloween. or maybe it's not a halloween costume. maybe the kid really was spidy. heh.

anyhow, some bees tried to attack us. i think the drinks they got from einstein were very sweet and attracted the stupid insects.

i happened to get a glimpse of my office manager's screen this morning. she has her resolution set very low so everything is giant sized on her screen. she was typing up an email this morning and got up and left. i was up near her desk looking for envelopes. the email was to some acquaintance of hers. she was writing about how beautiful a day it was outside. i looked up and saw her walking with a friend of hers who works in the office across from ours through the window. i was thinking how lovely it was that she was taking advantage of such a great day. i wished i was outside walking with a friend. she then wrote, how lovely and peaceful today was and that the bosses were out of town. i couldn't agree more. while i really like my bosses, things are just a 100 times more intense when they're here. i think it's because they carry with them an overwhelming sense of presence and authority. another things, is that they carry with them their problems. if they're having a bad day or if there is trouble with a client, we all feel it. it's not completely overt but you sense their impatience.

but that's not going to happen today. nope. they're off in lufkin, texas trying to gather a couple million dollars. i did get an email though with a thorough list of things that i could be working on today from one of the bosses. the annoying part was that i had already initiated the work yesterday. it's as if they think we're all going to go out and party while they're gone. hey. not a bad idea.

but damn. today is a beautiful day....for texas anyhow.