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We play bocce on the lawn every Wednesday in a tournament. I teamed with C from our office and we were paired with two lively guys from admissions, R and J. R is very into it, so we dressed up like a stereotype mish-mash of Italians, other Europeans, and a general riviera style of light and flowy clothes - it was the best we could do with 16 hours' notice. We walked in with the Godfather music playing last week, and it got a big laugh from everyone.

We played last semester's champions and won, so we're doing well! It's all up to luck, though, since the ground we play on is so uneven. I'm getting a reputation for bowling accuracy, since I keep knocking the competition out of the way, but in most cases it's purely accidental.

Now we're talking team t-shirts. I'm not crazy into it like R is, but it's fun being on his team and seeing his enthusiasm. I'll go along with it unless it gets too crazy! I think this has been such a good thing for the employees, though. Departments that don't always get along are having fun together, and now people are more comfortable with each other in the office. Hats off to M for coordinating this whole thing. We have so much fun.