A New Cubicle

This morning I woke up excited to go to work. It's sad, I know, but true. This isn't to say I'm not excited about coming to work every day, but today I happened to be doubly excited.

Yesterday, I spent the afternoon (and better part of the evening) moving into a new cubicle. Typically, that type of thing wouldn't emotionally move me one way or the other. Once one becomes accustomed to changing cubicles every six months, the whole business of boxing up belongings becomes rather boring. I've been a human ping-pong ball that has been bounced between two floors of the same building for the last five years.

Yesterday's move (a ping, if I'm not mistaken) was entirely different. Unlike previous moves, my new cubicle is 1.5 miles away from my old one. Moving required more than a hand truck. It required two trips using a personal vehicle and parking in a green unloading zone (thirteen boxes, one CPU and one monitor's worth of unloading).

I'm excited about this move for a number of reasons. Five of them to be exact. Can you hear a list coming? The top 5 reasons why I find this move exciting:

1. I'll be working with people closer to my age, not my parents' age.
2. I'll have a shorter commute, four light rail stations shorter.
3. I'm closer to a wider assortment of restaurants.
4. I'm within easy walking distance of green, open spaces. It means I can escape to a park during lunch and read or get fresh air
5. Most importantly, there are at least six cafes within a quarter-mile radius, half of them bearing the Starbucks logo.

This excitement is, of course, tempered by a dose of sadness. I'll miss the old building that I called home for five years. Okay, I didn't really call it home. I called it the office, but let's not quibble about names and simply focus on the sentiment. I'll miss the day-to-day interaction with the cool people there. I'll miss the free parking. I'll miss the corner market where I bought Skittles regularly. And lastly, I'll miss Japantown, which was right down the street. Sushi (Kazoo, Minato) and Hawaiian food (Hukilau) were only a five-minute walk away.

Well, this is the stop for the new office. The time has come to see what the day brings and for the excitement to begin.