Report on my last day of work in 2007

I know I have said before that I work for a really incredibly company. (Fast Enterprises, LLC - there's my plug for them and no they didn't pay me to put that in here...okay maybe in a sense they did) But they are really wonderful for granting me this 3 month leave of absence. And they are very accommodating and caring for all of their employees, for example: My supervisor's father passed away right after Labor Day and they told him that he could take as much bereavement leave (paid, of course) and he needed. Most companies typically give 3 days per year. I think my coworker has used something like 8 days and he's going to use a few more as well. Anyway, I am going to stop yakking about this now as I would hate to jinx myself and come back to...no job.

So, since I work as a consultant, with a bunch of consultants, me and my little team are put into an everyday working environment with people that work for our client. Based on my previous job experiences, the client never particularly cares for the consultant. (I was previously the client) This may or may not be the case in my current work situation, but I really like the client's employees that I work with. Combine that with genuinely liking the members of my consulting team and well, it makes work a little easier to bear. (cuz work is work, right?) For those of you that are thinking, "wait a sec, she complains about her job all the time...", that is because no matter how much you like the people you work with, it sucks to have to sacrifice evenings and weekends on a nearly constant basis - it sucks the life from you.

Anyway, my point of this was to report on my last day of work for the year so I'll get to it now. The verdict? It was very pleasant. Everyone threw a pot luck luncheon for me of tacos and such. It was delicious homemade food and that's something I've been missing for a while and will likely continue to miss until I get home. (So it was especially nice - and of course I ate too much) I had posole for the first time and it was incredibly tasty stuff and now I want to learn to make it. (some other day when I am back home) Everybody was sweet and fun and they made me feel like I might genuinely be missed while I am away (hopefully it is true). And it is always nice to feel like people actually care. (My friend Kara even gave me a CD I've been bugging her for and a gift which I am not supposed to open until I get there...Of course I'll post on what it turns out to be once I finally get to open it. How exciting!)

So for those of you that I work with that are reading this - you rock! - and I will see you in January.

Cripes - I still need to pack and I leave in 11 hours.