Well folks the countdown has begun. I got the letter
confirming my date of exit-and the
rules. Even though I will have left the civil service I am still bound under
the official secrets act, data protection and all that. So that’s messed up my
memoirs plans- a book and movie (straight to
dvd of course). As I type this there is a month to go.
They want to have several functions/lunches before I go. But
I don’t like those sort of things-I do my best to avoid them and am usually
first to leave, before they bring the tea/coffee at the end. I think at mine
I’ll make an exit like Michael Paré did in the movie “Streets of Fire”(mind
you, if they get a Diane Lane lookalike to do that song,dressed as she was I
might stay on a bit longer)
Usually at these
things they dig out “faces from the past” to make surprise appearances. My
supervisor knows I don’t want any fuss and he has promised me that. But he says
the rest of the office want an evening thing-don’t want to brag but I actually
am well liked in the office. There is a section lunch next week-just the ones
in the section I work in. I think my supervisor wants to slip in 2 or 3 of
these lunches too. I can handle them as
they are during working hours-but the night time ones-no thank you. I’m sorry
that I am leaving an office that I actually like, only because if it was one
that I did NOT like, I could give a speech they’ll remember. I have agreed to a night at the 10 pin bowling. A woman at work said she would like to go to the play area in there too. Y'know climb things, fall into loads of balls,slides etc -I'm all for that too.
One of the big bosses has suggested that I do a bucket list
–which will make a good blog.
The enormity of this has not hit me yet. Somebody said to me
that it’ll kick in after my third week off-he said it’ll then hit
me, that I am not on leave and that I don’t need to go back to work on Monday.
To start my permanent week of Saturday’s I am off to London for 3
nights-everything is booked. Want to see Camden Town
and Brick Lane,
some second bookshops, museum, and some sights. And work on my bucket
list/plans. I also hope to get out to DC in a more cycling friendly time to
meet up with Marni and (hopefully) a group, and get out into the countryside
and hopefully see small town America-and
get in some rambling too.Might even break my rules and send them the odd postcard of my travels.
Any ideas for my bucket list most welcome-little trival ones
too. But I am NOT doing a bungee jump. Would like to try REAL Chinese food too.
Might even find time to check these things too...
To be continued…
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