One non-HBP moment

[jlh]

Now that the book is out and I cannot actually be spoiled, I've turned anonymous commenting back on, though it's still screened.

I've just gone back to my office for the last time, to pick up a few last things. I find I'm not sad, because I was so unhappy there for so long (really, the last two years). I am sad, though, that my goodbye to my beloved now-ex-boss wasn't as nice as I would have liked. He's gone off in some way I don't understand completely, cracking under the pressure I expect, and while I do feel badly about leaving him in this state I don't feel guilty as I gave so much notice, worked as hard and as smart as I knew how, and turned my work over to my replacement with three weeks overlap. I feel lousy that this is what is going on, but also glad that it isn't my problem anymore, and confident that there was nothing more I could have done.

However, speaking of all of that, I did give this LJ to one person at work. Some of you may have heard me refer to him as "my metrosexual officemate" and that's another reason I've turned anon commenting back on. Yes, I warned him about the adult content—which in and of itself is odd; most of my RL friends know I've been, well, creating adult content since I was about 14 but of course no one I work with knows that.

Well, hopefully he's not squicked, is all I can say.

Comments

[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

Wave goodbye to the office, say see ya later to NYC, and come join us on the beach for margaritas & bubble tea!

[dancingrain.livejournal.com]

Having been someone who's stayed too long in jobs that have gone south, I applaud your courage in leaving a situation that had once been good once you saw it was no longer.

Good luck with the non-squickage of the metrosexual friend... he is, after all, now a friend, not a colleague anymore, so hopefully the sense of keeping the porn out of the office isn't really broken, anyway. If he's going to remain your friend post-colleaguehood, then he may as well know all of you, ya know?

Sorry I've been so lurky for so long...

[moony]

Call me tomorrow! I'm going to head to LA at around lunchtime. I need to find a place to staaaaay but I don't know where ANYTHING is. :P

GLEE.

[jlh.livejournal.com]

Don't apologize! You were one of those people I was thinking of when I said that new canon brings people back. It's like the milkshake that brings all the boys to the yard.

I'm sort of dazed, still, that I managed to get myself into school and quit this job. I'm so fucking happy, so relieved, and I haven't even processed most of it yet. I wouldn't say I left the instant it wasn't good anymore—there was a two-year lag caused by urgent personal and family issues—but eventually I got there, and I suppose that's what's important.

he is, after all, now a friend, not a colleague anymore
What an excellent way to think about this!