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Lame duck

I only have four days left at Cargill and I am sad, I am really going to miss so many of the people that I have met. They are extremely funny and resilient, I have found that you have to be that way when you live in IT.

I also have discovered how unbelievably kind the people I work with are, I cannot tell you how many nice things people have said when they learn of my departure.

I do feel like the lame duck president or something, I made it all day without people coming and knocking on the door asking my opinion on a sundry of items.

So, I am now the "special projects specialist" trying to get all of the loose ends tied up before I go.

Comments

carey said…
if you were happy to leave, then that would mean you've been working at a miserable job. sad is ok. you've got good things on teh horizon, and email to keep you in touch.

keep your chin up.
7:51 AM
Karen said…
Leaving is hard (unless you're leaving Vegas, I guess), even when it's the right thing to do.

I'm looking forward to your next chapter.
9:07 AM
bobbione8y said…
yeah, those lame duck days are hard. wow. the sun comes up in 4 days though!! have fun being kind of sad (is it only me that can do that?!), it will not last long.
7:31 AM
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