Welcome to Bat Country

I survived my second day at work, and Day 2 certainly made me feel much more at home: during my four short hours on campus, I had meetings from 8:30-9:30, 9:30-10:30, and 11-noon. Yee-haw! Back to reality again.

During one of my meetings (8:30? 9:3o?) there was a sudden outbreak of yelling and squealing out in the hallway. This isn't all that unusual, as this usually indicates that someone is getting married, having a baby, or is otherwise announcing some joyous life event. However, the squealing continued past the normal "Yay! Ohmigod, how WONDERFUL!" time limit, and was then accompanied by slamming doors. Something, clearly, was up.

We ventured over to the doorway and looked out, only to see Alicia inside Julie's office, pressed up against the door with her face peering out of the window. This, incidently, is not normal. She was laughing and saying something, but it was hard to hear through wood doors. Suddenly, we got it: apparently, over in Peggy's office, there was a bat.

Panic ensued. People ran back and forth, all trying to figure out how to handle this poor little thing, which I believe just really wanted some peace and quiet for it's mid-day nap. Eventually it was escorted from the premises, but not before the amazing Fran took a few quick pictures for me. One is of the bat and the other ... well, I believe the caption is self-explanatory.