so this week, the desk next to me has now become the desk of one of the new employees at work, a girl from MN. it was a close call last week because for about 30 minutes, none other than “guy with BO” was going to be sitting next to me. i was very thankful for that, because how much work can you get done without breathing? my new neighbor is quiet, which is awesome, however, the other employees in her specific group have been coming by to talk to her. it has been quite frustrating, esp that i’m trying like crazy to get a model done to meet a schedule deadline. (the deadlines really don’t mean anything, because mine’s already been pushed back 3 times, but still…) for some reason they gave the least experienced analysis person the hardest part to analyze, which is why it’s taking me an extra long time to get it done.

anyway, today about mid afternoon, no less than 4 different people came to my new neighbor’s desk to have a meeting of some kind. i had my headphones in and turned up the new Beck (i’m still forming an opinion) to drown them out. it was borderline tolerable until the unthinkable happened. “guy with BO” came and stood right behind me to talk to someone. omg…it was awful. i was trying to work, trying to concentrate, but….THE SMELL! i had to get up and walk around, and went and talked with my friend Laurin about our 401k’s. hopefully tomorrow the impromptu meetings will not happen so i can finish what i’m doing and move on to the next assignment.