getting organized

my company didn't publish its annual company desk calendar as it has in previous years, so i made my way to kinokuniya and picked up this little guy. while we have access to calendars in many formats - in our email systems, on bloomberg, and on my big red 2015 standard diary, there's still something cute and convenient about at a visual monthly calendar, especially when it comes to planning fun things.

so this is my desk layout under my second monitor (second of six). aside from the utilitarian scotch tape dispenser and swingline stapler, this is where i keep some of my favorite things. leftmost is my new s'well bottle, a 9 oz birthday gift from rose! save some trees, guys! then my clinique moisture spray for those dry winter afternoons, my new calendar, and on the far right, my valentine's day present from jess a few years ago. it's my all-time favorite mug :)

i can't show the rest of my desk because it's embarassingly messy with some piles almost covering the monitors ...

on another note, we finally got our backsplash installed! to stay consistent with the minimal look and feel, we chose a white back-painted glass backsplash with four vertical seams. unfortunately i chose this subcontractor myself and kevin and i gave the final product a 6.5 out of 10.

while the glass itself looks great, the difficult part is in the details, which could be better, to say the least. now i'm going to have to go to my contractor and beg him to help fix it so it's on-par with the quality with the other 99% of the renovation.

the good news is that kevin recalled my parm reggiano craving from a few days ago (i complained about wanting to eat an entire wheel of parm for a few consecutive days) and surprised me with two new murray's goudas:

ewphoria (lol, yes, that's what it's called)
and another nutty one whose name i can't recall right now.

delish! and to think, i didn't even like cheese a few years ago!