Another week!

The last two weeks have been incredibly challenging for me.  My last week in my old job, which was actually only 3 days thanks to the Bank Holiday, was quite a strange experience.  I had to clear my desk, this meant I generated a huge pile of stuff to shred.  The admin person is probably still trying to tackle it.  It made me realise what a hoarder I am, I'd pretty much kept everything I'd done for the last 3 years, I'm terrible for keeping things just in case.  I have hung on to a few bits and pieces however, mainly stuff that shows the bits I'm most proud to have been involved in.  I did find all my training certificates that I thought were lost too.

I said so many Goodbyes, starting on the Wednesday, as some people only work certain days.  They ambushed me to give me some gifts despite me saying I didn't want a fuss.  Before I knew it about 30 people had crammed into the room to watch me being humiliated.  I was surprised and humbled by the things people had to say however.  Maybe I wasn't such a cow to work with after all?

Friday was a really hard day.  I cried so much, tears of joy and laughter   My friends made it such a lovely day for me, and we did giggle lots.  I don't think I will ever again feel like that about leaving a job!  They are an incredible bunch of people and I'm privileged to have been part of it.

This week has been a bit surreal.  I feel like a spare part, and don't know if I will ever get to grips with it all? I miss my friends so much!  It is such a different environment than I'm used to, very corporate.  The Director is 2 offices away, and the Chief Executive of the council is just along the corridor.  Thought I'd made it through the week without bumping in to him, and in he wanders while I'm in the kitchen on Friday afternoon. Its only a matter of time before I get myself into trouble this close to the corridors of power!  But so far so good.

Probably the most surreal moment however was the Director telling me she liked my tights.

I'm exhausted after the last two weeks, my body is giving up.  So I'm going to curl up in a ball and hibernate for the rest of the weekend!!