Office = Mine

I don’t want to say I’m a big shot. I make enough money to make me happy, and despite being a college dropout that wasted time in all sorts of unproductive ways, I definitely think the word ‘successful’ applies to my career and life now. Who knew!

But for the last four or five years, I’ve mainly been a cube jockey – sometimes a pretty decent sized cube, in Lake Mary, Florida, to a tinier, more pet-store sized cube at the home office in Orlando. There was even a 6-month stretch where, due to construction delays and an overwhelmingly huge number of IT hires, I was stuck in a converted conference room with 10 or so others – one of those noisy, cramped, sickness-inducing confined spaces.

When I moved to North Carolina and hooked up with this small company, I immediately got back to the Big Cube days. Soon I got moved to a Big Cube PLUS Window, which ranked slightly higher in awesomeness. I didn’t dare to think that things could get better; and yet, here in May, just before I head out of the country for an extended period, things did indeed get better.

It looks like my division will be moving to our own floor in the office complex. This floor was recently completely redone into large offices, before the market issues hit and the law office packed up and left, leaving their wonderful wood furniture and huge wrap-around desks where they stood. We now inherit about 20 offices, and huge expanses of open space, along with some conference rooms and storage areas…all for our 12 employees.

So not only do I get an awesome office with huge windows, deluxe furnishings, and more filing cabinets and overhead space than I know what to do with; my two team members get offices of their own, as well. Everyone’s happy!

I didn’t think I’d be this successful at 28, make the money that I do, own what I own, be as happy as I am. This is yet another unexpected boon, and wow, it blows my mind. I think this is the best thing, other than a raise, for morale – how awesome is it to have a huge office?! Necessary – god no. But it certainly is extravagant!

Part of me is incredibly scared that I won’t make it back from South America – the pale whiteness will stand out for a few days at least – and that I’ll never get to even taste the sweet office life that has been promised.

Pictures will be posted. Probably when I have some art, furnishings, etc.