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Thursday musings.
This time last week I was at the gallery, cataloging books and magazines and auction catalogs. This morning, when I would've getting dressed, eating breakfast, and heading for the subway, I was asleep, and when I would've been arriving at the gallery, I was making coffee.
It's pleasant enough to be in my own space without having to worry about being anywhere for anyone, listening to the rain come down. Just as strange, knowing I'm not doing something I did for so long. It's also good to know I managed to finish something large and daunting - over two thousand items done in the course of a year. If I'd come in on a much more frequent basis, it probably would've been done in a few months. Still. It's a big thing to be proud of, at least until I finish something even more daunting.
The send-off I got last Friday was exactly my sort of party, with everyone hanging out and talking to each other, ice cream and cookies, and nobody making a fuss. I know I could've made a bigger deal of the whole thing, and it was nice to not do that. When I'd been asked beforehand what flavor of treat I wanted, I asked for earl grey, and it turns out there's a local ice cream business that makes that as ice cream and sells it in pints. It's one of the more fabulous flavors I've had. And there were well-wishes and hugs and good-byes. Having something to mark this was the end isn't something I've had for a while. I had the college graduation ceremony, and there was a little lunch party with pizza and pie at my first Pittsburgh job, but since then, nothing. My last two internships ended without any advance notice: I just stopped going to Ellis, and I got an e-mail notifying me I wouldn't be going back to the Library of Performing Arts. So it was useful, in a lot of ways, to have something to make the transition from "coming here" to "not coming here" a little smoother and even a bit more enjoyable. I could've asked for no party, and just bid everyone good-bye and slid out the door. There wouldn't have been nearly as much closure there.
I'll definitely go back to say hi. I've given other places I've worked more hours, but never so many weeks. I got to know everyone to some degree, and there was a definite sense of everyone wanting to be there, even if the work was frustrating that day. That right there is what I think I'll miss the most - that general sense of cheerfulness around the whole place. That, I knew I was lucky to get, and that's what I think I'll miss the most.
It's pleasant enough to be in my own space without having to worry about being anywhere for anyone, listening to the rain come down. Just as strange, knowing I'm not doing something I did for so long. It's also good to know I managed to finish something large and daunting - over two thousand items done in the course of a year. If I'd come in on a much more frequent basis, it probably would've been done in a few months. Still. It's a big thing to be proud of, at least until I finish something even more daunting.
The send-off I got last Friday was exactly my sort of party, with everyone hanging out and talking to each other, ice cream and cookies, and nobody making a fuss. I know I could've made a bigger deal of the whole thing, and it was nice to not do that. When I'd been asked beforehand what flavor of treat I wanted, I asked for earl grey, and it turns out there's a local ice cream business that makes that as ice cream and sells it in pints. It's one of the more fabulous flavors I've had. And there were well-wishes and hugs and good-byes. Having something to mark this was the end isn't something I've had for a while. I had the college graduation ceremony, and there was a little lunch party with pizza and pie at my first Pittsburgh job, but since then, nothing. My last two internships ended without any advance notice: I just stopped going to Ellis, and I got an e-mail notifying me I wouldn't be going back to the Library of Performing Arts. So it was useful, in a lot of ways, to have something to make the transition from "coming here" to "not coming here" a little smoother and even a bit more enjoyable. I could've asked for no party, and just bid everyone good-bye and slid out the door. There wouldn't have been nearly as much closure there.
I'll definitely go back to say hi. I've given other places I've worked more hours, but never so many weeks. I got to know everyone to some degree, and there was a definite sense of everyone wanting to be there, even if the work was frustrating that day. That right there is what I think I'll miss the most - that general sense of cheerfulness around the whole place. That, I knew I was lucky to get, and that's what I think I'll miss the most.
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There was a definite sense of everyone wanting to be there, even if the work was frustrating that day.
That's definitely a rarity. I hope you find that again. It makes going to work that much better.