PS

I forgot to say... I got the guilts yesterday, chickened out of leaving early and left at 5pm instead!

Last Day!

Finally, it's my last day of work before Christmas! I've been counting down for about two months now, so it should come as no surprise that it has taken ages to arrive!

However, it has arrived and in... 1 hour and 14 minutes I can go home!

Actually, more like one hour as there are only four people here - plus me. Not much reason to hang around.

I am just going to check for any post that may need franking (there won't be any), tidy up my desk (it's tidy) and then make my move I think! It's not like any visitors are going to come today, so I don't really need to be here to answer the door if it rings. There is no post. There are no meetings. There isn't even the slimmest chance of there being anything that I need to be around to do!

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Ha ha, just as I finished writing that sentence the doorbell rang... A delivery.

And again! A maintenance man!

Anyway, as I am going to start shutting my computer down in the next twenty minutes in preparation for my long awaited departure (eeek, I'm excited!) I may not have another chance to say Happy Christmas! Eat, Drink and be very merry - it's the time of year for it after all! If there happens to be someone living nearby who may be having a Christmas alone this year invite them round for lunch or drop them a little card and a box of chocolates - it'll make their day (and you'll feel great for it too)!

This is Saint Amy aka Kim, signing out for Christmas.

4:53pm

There's a train that leaves at 4:53pm, if I leave work at 4:40pm I will catch it.

Shall I get it?

Humm...

Well...

Yeah! Definitely!

I hour to go then, woo hooo!

The Christmas music is playing...

...and the time is passing nicely. I have done nothing today (of course, no change there then) but I only have 1 hour and 35 minutes to go... Not bad at all for a Thursday!

I am actually going to have a look at the train times on t'internet in a minute. I am going to see if there will be any trains waiting for me at the station if I leave at 4:45pm today. May as well I think, seeing as I can!

I've printed off 10 copies of my CV which is ok for now. I am starting to stock pile them in preperation for my new job onslaught in the new year. The more I send out the more chance I have of getting one - that conforms to the law of averages doesn't it? I think so. Anyway, it's an early step in the right direction to gaining new employment in the new year - I can't be doing nothing for ever.

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Everyone seems to have gone for Christmas already. Finance went to the pub at lunch and haven't returned so i'm guessing they wont be. It's basically just me, Beryl (Jenny), Loopy Loo (Tania) and Nutty (Laura) left. Not much point in me being here... But there never really is though of course. Would anyone know if I nipped off at 15:22? Probably not! Would anyone care? Doubt it. Am I too scared to risk it? Totally!

PS

I have received three Christmas cards addressed to Kim or Kimy today!

It seems everyone thinks my unfortunate predicament is funny...

Told off

Loopy Loo just called me from Beryl's desk to tell me how rude I am to accept a glass of champagne from Pingu and to drink it at my desk alone.

I told her that I can't muck about as I have much important work to do (didn't know I was on speaker phone) and heard everyone around the corner laughing, shouting 'Kimy's lying'!

Pingu's champagne

Pingu (the penguin) just brought me a lovely glass of champagne. I wish I could be bothered to explain that sentance - but I can't!

Suffice to say that I am very happy with my glass of champagne and thank Pingu very much for bringing it to me on this fine (nearly Christmas) day!

Am I selfish?

I just gave the cleaner £1 and I'm really regretting it. Does that make me selfish?

I know it was only a pound, but now I can't get any mini chocolate chip cookies to help me through the afternoon... I wish I hadn't given it to her.

I'm a bad person. A bad person who is down by £1...

Nearly in the two o'clocks...

...And today is starting to drag.

I think I may have been slightly too optimistic and upbeat earlier.

Bizarrely good mood

I am at work.

I am in a good mood.

How bizarre!

9 hours until Christmas break!

I only have nine work hours left until I finish for Christmas! When I finish for Christmas I have a whole ten days off... I'm so happy about that!

Today has actually been ok - there's not many people here so it's quite relaxed... And of the people who are here, no one really minds what I am up to. So if I had something to be up to (work-wise or otherwise) I could be up to it without anyone raising an eyebrow!

So, my task for today is to update and print a large quantity of my CV. I've pretty much got it up to date already, (making this job look as interesting and challenging as possible), so it's just a matter of making it look great and printing out as many as my printer will allow before it packs up again!

Of course another good thing about today is that I know will be out the door at 5pm on the dot! Tomorrow the office closes at 12pm (hence why I have so few hours left to hellishly endure) but if it's empty I'll be leaving as soon as I arrive!

So far I have done nothing in the 3 hours that I have been here, but it has somehow gone quite quickly all the same. I think that this is a good sign! Allen is away so I don't have to deal with him, the lady who isn't my boss but kind of watches over me is off, so I don't need to worry about her either... Her jobs-worth helper (who grates me immensely) is off too... So generally I'd say it's a pretty good day!

Yep, I'd actually go as far as to say that it's ok!

Wrapping frenzy

I wrapped 79 presents here yesterday and everyone is going to be so disappointed when they open them because they are... wait for it... [company] branded paperweights!

The unfortunate thing (apart from them being rubbish paperweights which are actually the wrong shape to be effective at holding down paper) is that the size and shape (when wrapped) looks like a lovely box of Belgium chocolates! he he

17:03...

...and nearly time to go home!

Honest emails

I had some emails from my new boss this morning, but they were just the pleasantries so I managed to keep the communication short.

Now he just sent me another one which read:

"Hiya, Your new photo's front is on it's way up, ermmmmmmmmmm nice photo...... had you been out the night before ??? How's your day ?"

To which I replied:

"That's not at all funny! I'm particularly un-photogenic and particularly unhappy about that fact! You should have seen the one that was taken first...

I'm actually quietly pleased with the one I've got - on my last [company] pass my head was MASSIVE!

I've been rushed off my feet today (lies), it's been fun and is going well (lies), the morning has just flown (I'm lying) and I'm glad it's only Monday (that's not true either!). Apart from that, it's fine I suppose...

Amy"

I wonder if I should be so honest with my new boss? Humm...