Job, schmob

This is why I am upset about my office closing. It's not because I'm worried about my professional life. I'll be fine. It's that I'll miss the people I work with so badly I can't even explain it. We're all goofy, crazy, funny, caring, talented people who genuinely love and respect each other. None of us has ever worked in a place where we have such close relationships with coworkers before. Our office is truly an anomaly and I'm afraid I'll never have this kind of experience again.

This photo is the last in a series. The first one is just me & the blonde. Then our buddy on the right got in on it, then those 2 lovelies in the back joined us. It's hilarious. We're so weird. I love it.

We take wacky pictures every day. And we still manage to fully service all our accounts plus the heaps of transition work piled on us because of the closure.

Random Tags and loveliness

I got tagged. Not in the graffiti way, in the blog meme way. The Rover tagged me. He's known me for 16 years, he's allowed. Here's how this one goes down:

1. Link to your tagger and post rules.
2. Share 7 facts about yourself, some random and some weird.
3. Tag 7 people at the end of post and list their names.
4. Let them know they were tagged by a comment on their blog.

And we're off...

1) I'm in a Year of Change. I got engaged. I turned 30. I'm losing my job. I have the opportunity to take a chance on my own business when my job ends, and that both excites and terrifies me. I can stay with the company (they want to keep me) and have that stability, or I can take this chance because I feel like this is my one shot. I've never had more change than this one a small bit of time. I seem to say that at some point every 2 years or so, but this is by far the biggest growth/change time of my life.

2) I sweat. I sweat a lot. Went to the gym with my friend last night. Was on the treadmill for 40 mins. After 3 I was drenched. What the hell is that all about? I'm a sweaty girl. May hair dripped on me. Eww.

3) I just got new glasses and they're kickass. They're big, black, plastic frames and I love them. Optician Dude tried to talk me out of them because they're too stark on my fair face, but I stuck with it and got them anyway. I've always wanted big, black glasses and now I have them.

4) I love jellied cranberry sauce so much that I sometimes eat it right out of the can. You know the kind - it keeps the shape of the can right down to the rings.

5) I secretly think I might have ADD, but then I convince myself that I'm just not dedicated enough. I convince myself that my lack of follow through is a result of being lazy, rather than the effect of an actual inability to focus sometimes.

6) I pulled a random hair out of my chin last week. It was pure black and thick like a pubic hair. I had a facial pube. I have no clue why it was there, but every once in a while one just shows up. I really hope it's not a precursor to having a full on lady beard after menopause. Shit.

7) Every once in a long while Duke has a poo accident on the floor before I get home and only about half the time I tell MT about it. It makes me wonder if that means I'll hide our kids' bad test grades from him eventually.

Tagees (I'm cheating and only doing 5):

1) Jenn
2) Retro Girl
3) Pam
4) Sandra (who has a sweet new blog look)
5) Patti (who also has a cool new blog look)

And the hits just keep on comin'...

I got the pink slip. About 50 of us did. My office is being shut down (thanks, Corporate!) and we've been given the choice to relocate to another office or to take a severance package. The office will physically shut down mid-December and then I've been asked to stay on with a small group until the end of March to transition the accounts and close up shop, basically. At least I've got until Spring. Ideally I'll have a job until 3 weeks before the wedding, take 3 weeks to have my own personal freak-out, get married, go on a honeymoon, come back and start a new position. *sigh* This is just peachy.

Hi

I'm OK. I'm just kind of silent lately. Very contemplative. I went to a yoga class tonight. I feel a bit more centered, but it's a bumpy road I'm walking these days. Trying to get my balance back. Anyone have any suggestions on how to regain my sure footing?