The Office

Okay, so, I haven't really posted that much about what I'm doing at work (or at all) and that is partially because I didn't know what was company secrets and what not, but yesterday I attended a 3 hour seminar: Know-How-Schutz Schulung and I'm still not entirely sure there are a few things that I can share though:

1. This is what I look like at work
   

(sometimes {based on the wardrobe I brought/accumulated and my preferences thereof I'd say that I look like this about every two weeks}... most of the other days I wear a cardigan or a blazer that is not of the same material as my suitpaints)

2. On the surface our office is super chic. We have free bottled water and a cappuccino machine, but until recently the mugs have been mismatched randoms from people's kitchens. One of the most exciting things about getting to work every morning was picking out which mug to use. A gallery of my favorites can be found here. But on Monday a fifth of the mugs were replaced by very normal white ones. So boring! I refuse.


3. I've been really frustrated with the uncertainty and ridiculous differences between the way things work across the country with regard to my project. Then yesterday, I found this 163 page transcript of an industry-wide panel that feels the same way. It's nice to have company?


4. Every Tuesday is "Schnitzeltag," but really people come for the Pommes (french fries) the lines are twice as long as any other normal day (10xs as long as on "Vegitarian Wednesday"). You can get pommes on other days, but on Schnitzeltag the ketchup and mayonnaise are free. This is my last pommestag meal (I have to miss next Tuesday):



5. I hate calling strangers (especially for work), but i had to today and it was incredibly helpful and useful and made me look like I got a lot done... maybe I won't wait two weeks next time.


6. When you leave, you have to bring everyone cake. I've test baked chocolate chip cookies and rice krispie treats (with something like kix, though... they just have cocokrispies {and cocokrispies xxl}) and they were successful enough that I'll be making them instead of cake, because german cake is sometimes okay, but can very easily go horribly wrong. My housemates were amazed at the gooeyness of the chocolate chip cookies... german cookies are almost guaranteed to be totally dry.

6 more days at the office, then vaycay in Belgium (to the the USMNT) and Switzerland with mommy, then school starts!