Monday, June 16, 2008

Farewell to Honest Work

Today is my last day at work.  I'm eager to get to work on the house and garden and to have more time to budget on writing and art, but for the past couple of days my coworkers have expressed how much they'll miss me and I do feel a bit sad that I'll be abandoning them to demanding lady, the paint lady, She Who Returns and the many other difficult characters that visit our store.  On the other, other hand they also get the fun of visiting with our regular wonderful customers, and I'll miss that too.  Not enough to stay, mind you ...

Yesterday was fun and today I imagine more hijinks and tomfoolery will occur.  Since I'm being halfway responsible about getting work done, returning from breaks on time and so forth, the assistant supervisor felt compelled to indulge in a little goofiness as a form of secondhand short-timer's disease.  Remember folks, short-timer's disease doesn't just affect you, but all those around you.  Be responsible.  I know I won't.  Er, will, I meant will.  Really.

I've got the early shift and I believe I'm in the lobby, so I'll make the most of my last day by doing the best job I can, reassuring people that I'll be in the store constantly (especially now that I know how to find out which items are the best of the best deals) and generally leaving with an un-bang.  I've threatened to make my last closing announcement memorable, but since I'm not closing today, everyone will be spared, and I get to go home early and enjoy a wee bit more sunshine before the clouds roll in tomorrow (argh, the irony.)  

Farewell to honest work.  I will now return to illusions (art,) lies (storytelling,) and mucking about outdoors in all manners of undress.

2 comments:

Molly said...

Kami - good luck on the next adventure! Kiss my brother for me (and give him a little kick, too). Work-day world may be a little darker without you, but the world needs more lies and illusion! And for the record - I loved Beggar Smith, which may have been the last novel of your that I've had an opportunity to read.

Kami said...

Thanks Molly! When you have some more reading time, Masks is down to the final edit, if there is such a thing.

We got in one more spending spree before handing over our employee and spouse discount cards. It was weird fun. Hmm. Should blog about that ...