My work leaving do - and Flora moves house

I had my work leaving do in Katy Daly's last night. It was fantastic, loads of people came out and there was much hugging and cheek-kissing and promises of email addresses being exchanged. I tottered home at about midnight but the rest of them headed next door to the Limelight for music and dancing. I bet there are a few sore heads this morning!

Photos from the evening are here - they are mostly just me hugging people, so maybe not the most exciting, but they're still nice to have.

There are also photos here of my last ever night out with my Business Market team (best team ever!) on Thursday, when we went to Ryan's for dinner and then Lavery's for pool.




I also said a tearful goodbye to Flora this morning. She has gone to live with Mark and Helen in Banbridge. I felt awful putting her into the cat carrier when she was mewing and looking pitifully out through the bars, but I'm sure she will settle into her new home without too much trauma. I hope so, anyway!

My last day at work

Today is my last day of gainful employment before the summer of doing whatever I please commences. I have very mixed emotions about the whole thing! Obviously it is fantastic to be able to take the summer off, and I have lots planned, for example my jewellery business, and setting up a website design company, and tarting up the house before getting it sold. We are looking forward to a belated honeymoon as well! But I am really going to miss the people I work with. Hopefully I'll be able to stay in touch with most people, and if we're lucky some of my friends will make the trip to New Zealand once we settle in. But it's going to be a huge life change after ten years in this place!

I'm also pretty cut up about having to re-home my cats, but at least I know they are going to good people who will treat them well. It's for the best, it's just going to be a wrench to hand them over. *sigh*

So I quit my job

I couldn't contain myself any longer - today I told everyone at work that I am leaving. Last night I had emailed my manager, who is out on sick leave at the moment, so technically I had already handed in my notice, but today I went to her manager and told him in person. His reaction was one of surprise and envy, which I think will be the most common one we get!

I do enjoy my job, and I work with some fantastic people, but I'm really looking forward to having some time off too. I finish on June 29th, which is only four weeks away. I'm sure it will fly by.