An Empty House

The house seems that much more empty now. There isn't the pitter-patter of small feet running up and down the halls, no more doggie greetings when we come home, no more barking for food scraps, or huge eyes watching us eat next to me at the dinner table, no more free kisses or hugs....and most importantly...no Simon.

Although the family is doing alright and we're still a little sensitive about his passing, and we miss him so much still. Today, the vet called, and we finally recieved his ashes in a little white urn. I really liked it....and I thought the urn was very tastefully done. I think Simon would have been happy with our choice =)

Onto better news: my last day at work was yesterday!! Oh how it felt good to finally be free of that jailhouse. The complications that arose on the last day just verified that I was just so glad to be leaving. First, russian dictator decided that everyone only could take a 30 min lunch break, which pretty much banned us from going out for a farewell lunch. But we took an hour break anyway and left (what is he going to do..fire us for taking a break..?). And then my supervisor wanted me to train my replacement on how to calibrate the instrument (helloo...I don't even know how to do that...), and another handful of little office-politics problems come up which made me so thankful for leaving. Good riddance. However, I will miss the people there...they were really the ones who kept me smiling all day long:

Me and Tracy

My uber motivation and passion for my work (with my baby FTIR in the background)

Me and some of the girls at work

Yes, this is a ritual we perform before we start to test samples (j/k)

Ahhh..although the management is bad, the people were awesome. If it's anything, I'll miss them all..!

Karen