Freshers' Fayre yesterday and today.

Our contribution is somewhat scaled down compared with previous years but we're promoting our zones with traffic light colored candy and a giant floor plan of the Library for students to stick in a pin into closest to where they think the only book in the Library with the words 'traffic light' in the title might be shelved.

But all that's by-the-bye compared to my rather interesting 'first' that happened today. One final thing I brought up with the Dean last week was the possibility of the Faculty having a spare janitor's closet that they weren't using that I might use as a base of operations when I'm down at that end of the campus.

I thought it unlikely given there's so much pressure on space and I thought it unlikely because it might have political implications. But as it happens a room too small to give to an academic as an office has just become available. I was given the keys this morning and have already 'tried it on for size' between various bits of teaching today.

Turns out it's the former room of a (former) chaplain I know quite well who'd been using it for personal development planning tutorials and who has now moved onto other things. As they're not replacing the post, I happen to be in luck. Although it feels somewhat like treading on ghosts, it also feels extra blessed!