Today was good, but really sad.
Aug. 15th, 2008 11:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
arrowwhiskersI went to work for the last day today and my boss held a party for me and Katrina. Katrina is also on her way off to school, and is leaving a few days after I am. I feel bad that suddenly, just when there was starting to be more activity around the annex, the two of us are leaving and it'll be totally empty again. Mine was a hardish job, at times physically grueling, and at others hideously tedious--but honestly, I kind of liked it, even just in principle. The work sucked, but the building and the people were great.
My boss gave me as a going away present a little MIT key-chain with a level on it, and a gift card to Target. She also bought us a coffee cake. I dunno, my boss was always amazing. She has this sort of nervousness or inferiority complex about the annex, because she knows it's kind of a weird place and the tasks are shitty and I think she feels personally bad that she supervises people doing them. Which is totally unnecessary, but she was always really nice about it. When I finally left she said thanks for doing such a great job this summer, which was pretty awkward since I think I did a kind of crap job--I was easily distracted and tended to mark my timecard on occasion claiming that I took 45 minutes for lunch when in truth I had maybe taken closer to an hour.
I will miss that job. I have only been unemployed for like 6 hours and already I hate it...now I have to find a *new* job, eugh.
After work I went to meet Katie and Wen, and we went to Porter for dinner. Katie also spoiled me incredibly--she gave me an entire *box* of going away presents, the majority of which she'd made with her own hands. They're so precious and filled with creativity and talent, it makes me feel fuzzy inside a little bit. She's so good at spoiling me--I really don't deserve such amazing friends like her. She managed to make me remember a lot of really incredible nostalgic things without making me feel bad about it. I heart you, Katie <3 One of the things she made was a clunky charm necklace like the one Maya wears in PW. It's really kind of incredible and I'm still wearing it--I'll be wearing it for awhile. :)
After dinner I came home and began to pack in earnest--and the suitcase I'm using is sadly much smaller than my memory would have it be. Arghgh. I don't know what to take.
It's also odd to realize that tonight is the last night I'm going to sleep here, in my bed. Whoah.
My boss gave me as a going away present a little MIT key-chain with a level on it, and a gift card to Target. She also bought us a coffee cake. I dunno, my boss was always amazing. She has this sort of nervousness or inferiority complex about the annex, because she knows it's kind of a weird place and the tasks are shitty and I think she feels personally bad that she supervises people doing them. Which is totally unnecessary, but she was always really nice about it. When I finally left she said thanks for doing such a great job this summer, which was pretty awkward since I think I did a kind of crap job--I was easily distracted and tended to mark my timecard on occasion claiming that I took 45 minutes for lunch when in truth I had maybe taken closer to an hour.
I will miss that job. I have only been unemployed for like 6 hours and already I hate it...now I have to find a *new* job, eugh.
After work I went to meet Katie and Wen, and we went to Porter for dinner. Katie also spoiled me incredibly--she gave me an entire *box* of going away presents, the majority of which she'd made with her own hands. They're so precious and filled with creativity and talent, it makes me feel fuzzy inside a little bit. She's so good at spoiling me--I really don't deserve such amazing friends like her. She managed to make me remember a lot of really incredible nostalgic things without making me feel bad about it. I heart you, Katie <3 One of the things she made was a clunky charm necklace like the one Maya wears in PW. It's really kind of incredible and I'm still wearing it--I'll be wearing it for awhile. :)
After dinner I came home and began to pack in earnest--and the suitcase I'm using is sadly much smaller than my memory would have it be. Arghgh. I don't know what to take.
It's also odd to realize that tonight is the last night I'm going to sleep here, in my bed. Whoah.
