The Move Cont.

It has been made apparent to me, through a number of comments - offline of course-, that I was not nearly descriptive enough when describing our current and past offices.  So I decided to delve a little deeper into what we've got going on here. 
As I stated earlier, the company acquired the building at the height of the economy with the intention of a quick flip, but then shit hit the fan and the company was stuck. So, in reality, we acquired 3 buildings.  All of which remained mostly empty for at least 3 years.  We did move a department into one of the buildings - just a portion of the first floor - for a good year before the rest of us made the move. Here's what they were stuck with:  The second floor was the headquarters of a Muslim Nonprofit, until it was raided by the FBI.  The place was left trashed and no one returned.  I saw it, it looked like the end of the world up there.  Food left out, papers everywhere, the occasional photo, and at least 2 years worth of dust.
This building is also located near a Planned Parenthood, so my co-workers got to walk through protesters every Friday on their way into work.  When I went there for a meeting, there was a sign on the door that said, "We are not Planned Parenthood." Fast forward a year and no one is in the building since we all moved to a different one and can you guess who is there now? Squatters.  Dirty Needles. Waste... Lovely.  Let me remind you, this building is currently for sale of lease. Call your realtor, I know
Moving on to the current office space.  Remember this? It's the entrance to my building.  The plant is no longer there, and we've painted, but it's still sad.  There's only so much lipstick you can put on a pig, right?
There were "renovations" before we moved in, and there was a plan. But things changed.  After we moved, we realized we needed an extra office.  So the powers at be just had 2 walls put up.  Measurements? No need, just eyeball it, hence the splitting of ceiling tiles and lights.

Can you see how the light goes right into the wall?
Also, see that sprinkler?  Our open floor of roughly 30' x 30' has about 20 of them.  Our floor used to house a Greek Orthodox Church.  Yes, I'm serious. No, I can't make this up.

The Move

A little more than a year ago, my company moved to a new location.  The move was the result of a poor real estate investment coupled with the recession and few other factors. Needless to say, no one was thrilled about this.  While our old building left much to be desired, it had a good location near a metro.  But the new building was worse. Let's compare the old vs. the new, shall we?
Parking:
Old Building-  Not enough parking, so people were triple parked and had to play musical cars, sometimes multiple times a day but at least we had this guy living in the parking lot.
New Building - Enough parking, but co-worker had car stolen from said parking lot.
Office Space:
Old Building - Smaller space, but open layout.
New Building - Larger, but we moved the biggest department into a smaller space, while my floor practically has space for a bowling alley.
Building Condition:
Old Building - Nasty carpet, perpetually broken bathroom, but we did have a door directly to the outside so on nice days we could enjoy fresh air.
New Building - New carpet and paint, but a smelly and perpetually broken elevator with no emergency phone inside, broken bathroom stall doors, windows that don't open, stink bug infestation, and dry air that has given me a permanent skin rash.
Local Attractions:
Old Building - Near the Metro! Walk to Starbucks! Cosi! Grocery! Gourmet Market! and more!
New Building - Across the street from a bowling alley. The closest "shopping center" which had nothing good, burned down the day we moved and after 10 months they've finally started to rebuild. Walk to restaurant = Meat in a Box, bad name; great kebabs.
My commute:
Old Building - 8 miles round trip
New Building - 16 miles round trip

So I ask you, which would you rather work in?

Just Faux Fun Friday

Just faux fun, here's one of my favorite AFV videos!  Yes, I still watch that show.  How can you not enjoy seeing people do stupid things, people falling, cute puppies being scared of cats, etc.  Love it all!

Full Disclosure 2

So I'm almost 22 weeks into it and things are a-changin'. 
1. Maternity pants are the best thing known to man.  I might never go back to those silly buttons and zippers. 
2. I feel like I'm still in that stage where to some people I look pregnant, and to others, I just look fat. If I touch my stomach, will that make people realize I'm pregnant or just wierd?
3. I ordered so breast pads through a special discount I got from an email, and I am so embarrassed to even admit the name of the website, but it's too good... It's Udder Covers. Really?! www.uddercovers.com
4. I had no idea how much I would get into decorating the baby suite -said by Frank. 

 I might break my previous promise and show you the room once it's done since I'm so excited.

Oh Kimmy!

OMG- if you didn't see SNL this week you MUST watch their spoof on Kim's Fairytale Wedding : Kim's Fairytale Divorce!

I love this so much!  Kristen Wigg - you are my hero!