I'll be missin you

TOP FIVE THINGS I MIGHT MISS
5. The girl who wears the zip up silk blouse, black sweatpants and dirty white reeboks and sneaks into the conference room across from my desk to talk on her cell phone. She does the left right, left again look around and then closes the door really quietly while I just give her 'the look.' Sometimes it seems like it all happens in slow motion which is the biggest thing I'll miss about it.

4. I have about 12 weekly meetings I have to go to. Today I went to my final one with a particular group and made a snide remark. I couldn't resist, the new guy walked right into it and I couldn't not say it. So I said it because I thought I had nothing to lose. Everyone burst out laughing and I received a slap on the back accompanied with "You've been here how long and I've never heard you say anything funny!" from the guy sitting next to me. We finally bonded and now I have to leave.

3. Picking between a $2 salad, $7 sandwich, or bringing a unrefridgerated lunch.

2. Unlimited free candy and pop from people 3 times as old as me. Along with that, whenever it's someone's birthday and the topic of age or being old is brought up, people look at me and change the subject before I can respond that I think they got their Masters degree before I was born.

1. Cube doors, privacy screens, weekly wednesday emergency drills, still getting lost after being here 6 months, stuff getting stolen from my desk and drawers every Tuesday and Friday when the trash people come, people who cannot wear anything but 14k gold jewelry because anything less gives tham a rash, shoulder padded suits, Indian men in shiny khakis, eavesdropping on husband/wife lunch dates in the cafeteria, pretending the Regal is the NASCAR car that came to visit on employee appreciationg day and going above 35 mph on all the curvy roads that lead to the quad.

I think that's it. Luckily I still have 7 days to soak it all up.