Question: Did you know what you wanted to do when you were a sophomore in high school? I mean did you have any idea what you wanted to study in college, much less know what college was all about? Yeah, I didn't either. But I met 8 or 9 kids today that pretty much know exactly what they want to major in when they get to college. We had this great charter school from a not-so-great part of Boston bring students in to get an idea of what we do at Kaspersky. The mission of the charter school is to get each student placed into college by the time they graduate from the school. They each introduced themselves and said what they hoped to study in college. I was amazed that each of them knew what they wanted to do. From mechanical engineering to graphic design. Each one of them knew. I was just blown away honestly. They were polite. They asked questions. I haven't been out of high school for that long, but it just seemed like a lifetime ago that I was there. It's the little things we do at Kaspersky that make me happy.
Work this week was just all-around weird. Today, my teammates and I decided to have "Operation Plant Removal". What is this you ask? Well, since the beginning of summer, we have had these gnats/fruit flies around our office area and you will hear people clap every once and a while and then exclaim, "Got him" or "damn it!". It's a little game we have. But no one could figure out why the bugs were there until the groundskeeper mentioned it could be the plants that we have in our office. That was about three months ago. So earlier this week, we devised a plan to get rid of said plant. It needed to go. I was killing three to four of these bugs a day and so was everyone else. It was/is disgusting. So at 5:15, we placed the plant on a rolling chair and escorted it out of the building, down a hill, and disposed of the evidence. We shall see on Monday if anything is said. Operation Plant Removal = Successful!
Tomorrow, my roommates and I are having a Thanksgiving dinner for all of our friends. The roomie got a 25 pounder and will be cooking that beast all day. I'm going to make a couple of little side dishes. It's the first time I've ever hosted a Thanksgiving dinner so it'll be interesting. It'll be good to have everyone there though. Yoga in the morning to work off some stress and balance the eating that will ensue tomorrow.
I am sad that I can't get home for the Thanksgiving holiday, but luckily I have family up here. It's not like I'll be alone at a bar or anything. But it's still nice to be at home for t-giving, especially when it's one of the best meals. But I will be heading home in about a month and I can't wait to spend a full week at home with the family. I miss my nieces and nephews a lot and feel like I miss out on a lot being so far away.
Well, off to bed! Have a wonderful weekend and get excited for a short work week next week!
-Katie
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