Wednesday: Lunch with My Boss and Colleagues

I haven’t written in a few days. I had a lot going on, considering the state of my health. It doesn’t take much to wear me out these days.

Wednesday I had lunch with my colleagues from my office. My boss, Jerry, flew up from Los Angeles took us all out to lunch. I took the elevator up to the sixth floor of our office building. I hadn’t been there in months, but when I walked into the office, it was just as I had left it. Merry and Ginny greeted me and gave me a hug, then Jerry came in and gave me a hug. It was so great to see everyone again. I sat at my desk for a few minutes and then it was time to go out to lunch. Carter and Lara joined us and we went to a very nice restaurant. We talked about the project, what we had learned, debriefed about some of our “creepier” clients, and lamented about those who had recidivated.

This is a hard job to leave because I like the people so much. I do have a lucky knack of finding jobs where I get to work with nice people, but this job has been exceptional in that department. I am so very fond of everyone who works in that office (and the people in LA that supervise us). I also like the physical location of the office (although it’s right across from the old Meier and Frank which is being renovated into a new Macy’s and hotel so it’s very noisy at present). I love working downtown.

After lunch we trooped up to the office. Jerry helped to iron out some issues around Ginny’s and my layoffs with the HR person while we were there. Then Ginny and I left, she to pick up one of her kids and I left to get a massage from Andrine (a very welcome event). That evening Moira came over and we watched The Secret, so it was a very full day.