I used to love the Easter holiday. Candy! Time off from work! I hope I can get back to enjoying it again one day.

Just got back home from visiting my parents. I forgot how long that drive is!  They live approx. 520 miles away and my poor car is filthy and tired (me too!).

It was really nice to visit my folks. I had a great time and am so glad I took advantage of my time off between jobs to spend time with them. Next time, if I drive again, I think I'm going to take Gotham with me and see if their cat will get along with him (he was really mad at me when I got home a little while ago...still is).

I'm glad to be home though.


PS: all the drivers on the road on the way up and the way back home were bitches.

I am BORED!!! I'm also getting fat because, what do I do when I'm bored? EAT!!!! This is ridiculous, I have to find something to fill my time with.....maybe I will go visit my parents.

Wow, I guess I'm unemployed for the next couple of weeks!!!  It's so weird that I don't have any chores to do or early morning alarms to set for tomorrow morning. All I have to do is make sure I move my car by 8am for street sweeping tomorrow morning.

My last day at work was hectic! I came in at my regular time hoping to be able to get work done before my replacement came in an hour and a half later at 6:30am. Unfortunately, when I got there, I found streamers, balloons and signs making it impossible to get to my desk. I was told that I could not take them down, unless I wanted to die. I decided to try and clean out my replacements desk (she isn't going to be using mine), but that took longer than I'd hoped. Plus she arrived early! Then the day long food crammed party started. I haven't seen that much food in a long time! Plus the people! So many people!!!  I was touched that so many came by to wish me well, but I felt bad because just about everyone said that she has "big shoes to fill". She doesn't need to hear that on her first day! I told her not to listen and that she would be fine. I finally had to send her home so I could get some work done!! I'd hoped to be further along than I was!

Mid-morning was the time I had to go down and see Human Resources.  I took the high road in my exit interview and I hope I was able to wrap that part up with a little bit of grace. It's funny, they were surprised that I planned on staying the entire day getting work done. You'd think that after all these years that they would know me well enough to realize I'm not going to leave a load of work for the new person to handle. At least not on purpose.

I got most everything done in the end. Sadly, our IT dept was super-efficient and turned off my phone access early. I saw I had four voicemail messages, but hadn't been able to listen to them yet. By the time I got a chance, all gone and deleted. Plus, I couldn't look at the call history to let the people know I wasn't able to listen their messages.

I left later than my normal time, but that's ok. Saying my last goodbyes was hard. I was exhausted by the time I was hauling the last of my stuff to the car. Luckily, Sam was with me to help carry things! We made good time home and were up at EC early. Delicious margaritas and good food!  A perfect way to end my last day at work.

I can't wait for this new chapter to start. It's scary and uncertain, but at least it's a change.

Tomorrow is the day!!!  I found out that a party is being thrown for me at work and I still have tons of work to do before I leave for good.....to go to E.C. after work to have cocktails. :-) those of you who know the place I'm talking about should stop by and say hello. Get there early though, because we're planning on arriving before most people are even out of work and heading home when the joint gets crowded around 8:30-9:00pm. That way I have plenty of time to hydrate and take aspirin before bed, in hopes of not having a hangover my first day of being out of work.

I'll try and post during the day, but realistically, I don't know if I will have the chance.

My friend's husband gave notice the same day I did, but he since gave two weeks instead of three, TODAY is his last day at work.  We're going to E.C. to celebrate after work.  Next Friday it's MY turn!!!  YAY!!!

Yikes!  Time at my job is winding down.  Just over a week to go until my last day.  It's been interesting.....my boss hasn't been in the office since I gave him my notice, so he hasn't been able to look at resumes or interview possible replacements (not that he'll be able to replace me, LOL!).  He's due in tomorrow and wants to start seeing people next Wednesday or Thursday, which means that there's no way he will be able to hire someone and give me the opportunity to train them before I leave.  So much for giving three weeks notice so they'll have extra time to get that stuff taken care of, right?

I know I've said this before, but the outpouring of good will from so many different people has been amazing.  The best was when the wife of the man who brought me to the firm came by my desk and asked if we could talk in her husband's office  The conversation we had was so great.  For someone in her position to take time out of her busy day (board meetings, etc) to talk to me and say such wonderful things..... I have to admit that I cried a little.

Like I said, time is FLYING!  I'm getting excited (well, as much as it's possible for me to get excited).  I can't believe I'll have two full weeks off in-between jobs!  I don't know what I'll do to fill the time, but I'm sure I'll manage.  I've got a couple of things I need to do, but other than that, nothing.  I never thought that I would have this problem!!!!

And a Happy Belated Birthday to CBLMW.  I wasn't able to post that day, but I did do a "cheers" for you. I sent you an email about the job change, not sure if you got it or not.