As you might have guessed, I don’t get out much during the week. This cozy spot is my desk at work. It is not uncommon to find it covered in piles of papers. Trying to blend into the scenery is Alan, a fellow engineer. In the top right corner, you can spot some leftover Christmas decorations – we left the light strings because we got fond of the indirect glow it gives our otherwise cavernous room. True enough, it would be too much of a pain to untangle the strings from the ceiling fixtures, just like the red candy cane garlands that are tied around the air ducts. We did have a lot of fun decorating for last Christmas…