Oh, memories

I am seriously contemplating digitizing the THOUSANDS of negatives I have of old pictures--has anyone done this? I thought about buying a negative converter from Hammacher Schlemmer (what a name, huh? Reminds me of the beginning of Laverne & Shirley...), but without a feeder I am reluctant to start such a time-consuming hobby.

The reason I bring this up is: I was reminiscing about a time when P&D lived in Denver--here is a pic of the building they first lived in together near DU. I have several old photos of us on their balcony drinking fruity drinks. But, you know, they're photos. And I need to digitize them.


Panning out, though, what I REALLY wanted to post was the monstrosity that was built NEXT to their old building--bet you guys are glad you weren't renting there when they built THAT, eh?
It's called Vistalofts. Apparently, you can rent just a room in a shared suite for something slightly MORE than I am paying to rent a 2 bedroom house.

I have planned a driving tour of Denver ("and CON-dos!") for when you guys visit this summer to show you all the changes to Denver since '06 (my GOD--has it been THREE YEARS since you've been in Colorado???)

What Goes Around...

So, as many of you probably DON'T know, I started a new job today! At DU, where I worked before I became a lawyer. Now, however, I work in a completely different department in public policy--very different from my other job at DU where I worked in finance and dealt directly with students.

As many of you DO know, I met P&D at DU. (Well, technically, P at DU, then D through P, but physically I met D at DU (or nearby).)

So, returning today brought back a FLOOD of memories from my prior life at DU (1998 - 2002). Of course, I am in a new building in a completely different department, but at least having worked there before affords me a little but of a leg up.

The weirdly familiar: they gave me my old Banner ID #. I chose the same old password. There are a lot of familiar names, but, outside my old department, I can't remember who I considered friend v. foe. Oh well--clean slate. Esp since I have a new last name *incognito*

The weirdly different: the DU high school isn't there anymore--that building is now part of Daniels College of Business, as is another building across the quad. They also fancied up the quad a bit by adding some elevation and some xeric plants. Cool. AND, I took the lightrail which was very convenient, except that it dropped me off on the opposite diagonal corner of campus. At least I got a walk in!

I kept having flashbacks to memories created with P&D at DU. And, I looked up to see who is still working in our old department. Etiquette q: how does one notify former co-workers that I am back on campus but do not wish to see or speak with them unless I need something from them?

Before today, there was this element of "oh, no, I am like the loser high school kid returning to school after graduation!" but today I realized I really have moved on and this position seems like it has endless opportunity, so I felt better. But I would also like to get the message across to the people I used to work with: "I did fine as a lawyer, I just took a new opportunity."
Can I phrase it that way?

P&D--I am thinking it would be fun to stalk people we knew at lunch, and will try to post stories and pictures. It will be as if we are up to our old shenanigans. Only it's just me here. Oh well, you'll be with me in spirit!