John, Jon, Beth, Keith, Scott, Henry, Cathy, Soheyla, Katie, Anita, Martin
At the beginning of August, I gave notice to my supervisor that I would be retiring at the end of September. It didn’t come as any great shock, as I had been talking pretty freely about it for a while without knowing the exact date. In early September, one of the folks I work with asked if he could schedule a get together in the company cafe for anyone who was local and available to see me off. That happened today and a few photos were taken. A lot of the people I work with are remote, scattered around the country, but even so, there was a reasonable turnout and it was really nice to have them there to see me off. Another friend and coworker also organized a very generous going away present, a very substantial gift certificate to Second Story Books, which is one of two local used book stores that we frequent. I’m not entirely sure how I’ll spend it all, to be honest, it was so much. I’m very thankful for all the wonderful folks I’ve worked with over the years and while I expect to enjoy retirement and won’t necessarily miss the daily nine to five, I’ll certainly miss the folks I worked with.