Last Day of Work

My boss decided that since we weren't really doing anything at work anymore that we'd just call today the last day. We had a little luncheon and then that was it. I went home, and it's kind of weird knowing that I won't be going back there again.

There are a lot of things about this job that I won't miss. I won't miss the down time, the commute, the sub-zero temperatures, or this lady in Florida that always made me want to pull all my hair out. However, I will miss getting paid while I do my homework, the little lizards that sun themselves on the walls outside (I know it sounds stupid, but I really liked seeing them out there. It reminded me of Utah), and most of all the people. I was very fortunate in that I wound up liking everyone at work. There are always a few people that it takes a little more time to appreciate, but by the end I was very fond of all of them. Even Andrew & Phillip, for all the crap I talked about them in the beginning, once I finally ventured around to the other side of the cubicle wall I found them to be disappointingly normal. In fact, I will very much miss the little underwriters, and I feel bad for having made fun of them in the beginning. They were very good friends to me. Of course conversing in real life to the underwriters also put a stop to the emails with Steve, but he got a girlfriend, and wasn't nearly as interesting after that anyway. Weird how that happens. He hauled her into the office today, and introduced her to everyone. They seem very happy together, so I hope that works out.

I will not miss the woman with the volume control problem who doesn't wear deodorant, but I think she might be the only one I won't miss. It really was a good job for me the last two years. In some ways I feel like I got this job just about the time it felt like my little world had fallen apart, and it saw me through a rather stressful rebuilding phase. I like to think that I left a very different person than I was when I started. It was the perfect job for that first year and a half especially. The last 6 months of doing nothing were not exactly "perfect," but there are definitely worse ways to earn a living.

Now back to school. This should be interesting.