december one office fun

After our midnight meal, I came back to work on December 1 to Christmas tunes and an office of festive cheer. The eclectic mix of decorations that is stored in our cargo bay the other 11 months of the year was pulled down and, in the absence of any other good work to be done, we strung up garland, tossed beads over our fake palm tree, and bestowed a wreath over our model LC-130.

Dave was our leader in sorting and arranging the decorations around our work space. He appreciates the Christmas season for all the memories associated with family and friends. He's been in the department a few years and knows where things hang. He also has a grand collection of Christmas music which will, no doubt, be played every day he is on shift from now until Christmas, and perhaps beyond!

Amanda had no problem putting on some holiday cheer. She made the comment that our office looked like a Walgreens Christmas; with such a mish-mash of flashy, multi-colored, gaudy decorations arranged in a ridiculous fashion; simply because we have them.

I must admit that our workspace hasn't improved much with the additional "decoration." But, it's not a particularly pleasant space to occupy anyway. It's dusty, sterile, eclectic, windowless, and unfashionable; but that's nearly entirely due to the fact that we sit in Antarctica. Our palm tree and travel posters are, perhaps, the biggest morale boosters in our department; aside from any postcards, letters, and packages that show up on my desk and in my name!