After 10 days away, I’m home. I’m excited to be with my people here and get back to my routine, but I’m also a little melancholy knowing that I won’t see my coworkers for an entire year, if ever again. (I’ve never been good at goodbyes or finalities.)

I admit that that sounds dark, but it actually makes me very appreciative for the time I do get to spend with them, which is why I do everything I can to make the most of our week together.

Here’s a random, disjointed glimpse of my GM, minus most of the work stuff. Because, well — it’s work. It’s kind of weird to take photos of people in the middle of a meeting or class… though there’s a few of those too. 😀

Gorgeous sights. Face swaps. Surprise doggos. Improvised lobby dance parties. Late-night eats. Catching up 1:1. Prom. Immature jokes. Honest conversations. Peace signs. Homeroom. Twinning. Champagne. Domains. Nodules. Surprise connections.

As someone remarked this week, “You’re really good at burning the candle at both ends.”

I was kind of obsessed with the raindrops on the leaves — made the plant look like it was sparkling. 😍

Missed the first home game of the season for this hike, but it was worth it. Also, ran into this guy. Go bears!

Homeroom meeting

Team day

Team day

All a girl needs: wine, red bull, eggs, and cheese sticks.

Twinsies

Gathering for the all-company photo.

Prime example of a bad domain choice.

Nighttime walk to try to see the northern lights. No luck, but the stars were plenty gorgeous.

Bowls of whisky.

Birthday cheers!

Will teaching us how to properly do peace signs.

#besthomeroom

Twinning.

The biggest name tag, for a role playing game in the domains class.

Stole my phone and took a selfie, but I’m def not mad at it. ❤️

Finger hearts! I mostly see weird pinchy fingers.

Ladies dinner table!

Plate of whipped cream.

Keeping tabs on the game during Townhall. We won, 27-16!

When we learned that Lori had 1,200 files on her desktop.

Ceri & Ingrid face swap.

Remake of https://jennyzhu.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7686.jpg

80’s tuxes

How to make sure they don’t clear your glass while you’re away!

McDonald’s

It’s also embarrassing that I still have a dress from 15 years ago…

One of my favorite poets posted this the night I got home — was reading this as I fell asleep.

Cheers to my team, and I hope to see you all soon.