Jim is in Town!

I can't believe it's been five years since I began my first job out of college. It was actually June when I started and I was assigned to a client in Cherry Creek as a first-year staff with E&Y. I arrived to find the audit team working on a platform of sorts...literally, the floor that the table sat upon was raised like a stage. I was instructed to set up across from Jim, my senior and the rest is history. For the next three years we ran the show in Denver but both began to yearn for something different. He eventually left to go direct the internal audit team of a bank in Greely, Colorado and you all know that I jumped ship to join the ranks of nurses.

Well, Jim is in town for an AICPA banking conference so we've been catching up on old stories while doing all of the quintessential Charlottesville things. He's had a tour of "grounds" including the Rotunda and will get to explore Monticello tonight. He's also eaten dinner on the "corner" and in the DG house so he has a true apprecieation for my life here. I think he secretly wants to go back to college! Here are the pics so far.

Jim holding up one of the columns of the Rotunda (front)

Jim and the life size statue of Mr. Jefferson...actually TJ is on a pedestal so it's a bit deceiving

We took Jim to the best burger place in Charlottesville for his first dinner. Turns out he ate Five Guys in the airport earlier that day. But he says "I'm a guy, I'll eat anything" and he did.

Evan and I at Boylan Heights with Jim. Evan has really enjoyed having Jim in town and is helping me entertain more than I ever expected. He is wonderful :-)

This is the inside of the dome room of the rotunda. I will actually graduate from nursing school in this room on August 1st! Originally, it was the university's first library, but now it is just a kick-ass room used for all kinds of university events and tours.

Of course having company is reason enough for me to make a cake! This is Jim's cake (in yellow and black) with a subtle shout out to the UVA football stadium around the edges.