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Away we go
Aug. 12th, 2011 05:09 pmFive minutes ago I officially finished my last day on the job in Parliament.
A nice lunch was brought in. It was going to be Crust pizza, but since they don't open until 4pm (really Crust?) we had pizza from elsewhere. It was still good.
The whole office was there along with people from party HQ and Coffee Snob also came down from her attic. I said a few words about how surprised was that I wound up working with the Nationals, and how I was sure I would see them again. (All of it sincere.) I also briefly mentioned what I was planning for the future. There is the rural fire service, and a job that one of my agencies found in the public service on a four month contract. It is one level below what they thought I was at, but the salary would be on par with my current salary. (It might be very dull though.) I'm not sure what I will do yet, and I am happy to have a couple of weeks at least to switch off.
There was a pretty good haul of gifts too.
It included a bottle of wine signed by all of the Nationals MPs and Senators, an couple of insulated bags in which to carry alcohol (politics seems to be closely associated with alcohol for some reason) and some Wallabies training gear from my officemates. I've never owned any official Wallabies gear, and it's the sort of thing I'm not sure I would ever get for myself. I was very glad to get it though.
Now it's just a matter of clearing off my desk. I've accumulated a lot of things here over the last three and a half years and a lot of it has been chucked. I did put aside some of the more asinine letters we had gotten over the years that were too ridiculous to throw away.
I managed to clear all of the correspondence too. Now whoever replaces me will be able to start fresh.
Now off to Sydney for a few days.
A nice lunch was brought in. It was going to be Crust pizza, but since they don't open until 4pm (really Crust?) we had pizza from elsewhere. It was still good.
The whole office was there along with people from party HQ and Coffee Snob also came down from her attic. I said a few words about how surprised was that I wound up working with the Nationals, and how I was sure I would see them again. (All of it sincere.) I also briefly mentioned what I was planning for the future. There is the rural fire service, and a job that one of my agencies found in the public service on a four month contract. It is one level below what they thought I was at, but the salary would be on par with my current salary. (It might be very dull though.) I'm not sure what I will do yet, and I am happy to have a couple of weeks at least to switch off.
There was a pretty good haul of gifts too.
It included a bottle of wine signed by all of the Nationals MPs and Senators, an couple of insulated bags in which to carry alcohol (politics seems to be closely associated with alcohol for some reason) and some Wallabies training gear from my officemates. I've never owned any official Wallabies gear, and it's the sort of thing I'm not sure I would ever get for myself. I was very glad to get it though.
Now it's just a matter of clearing off my desk. I've accumulated a lot of things here over the last three and a half years and a lot of it has been chucked. I did put aside some of the more asinine letters we had gotten over the years that were too ridiculous to throw away.
I managed to clear all of the correspondence too. Now whoever replaces me will be able to start fresh.
Now off to Sydney for a few days.
