Farewell Anita, Part II

My coworker, Anita, has be offered a great opportunity at another college that is a) closer to her home, and b) has an awesome salary.

How could she turn that down?  Well, she couldn’t really.  And she didn’t.  Even after I told her she couldn’t go.  Yes, I actually told her this.  And she laughed at me.  But I understand.  This really was a hard decision for her, and I wish her the best of luck.

But I have to say, I KNOW she is not going to find anywhere else in the world to work that has the kind of atmosphere that we do at the college.

How do I sum it up?

It’s fun, serious, easy going, stressful (at times), flexible, and goofy.  Wait, that was just our office.

So on her last day, we sent her off with a get together in the student center with the number one item that she adores:  Dairy Queen Ice Cream Cake.

This also happened to be her lunch since she was frantically scrambling to finish last minute items so that we wouldn’t fully fall apart today.

And at promptly 3 pm, we drug her away (kicking and screaming) to her favorite watering hole/restaurant in town.

Actually, I like to think of the event as a “Roast” of sorts, since it was basically letting everything out in the open in a happy, “What are they going to do, fire me?” sort of way.

And when I heard this song on the way home last night, I thought it fit the atmosphere perfectly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s9qx6pJBvc