Today was full of win!
At breaktime all the management team gathered in the Café to sit around and celebrate me!
My boss baked a beast of a cake for everyone. It put my hastily bought tub of 'Marks and Spencer flapjack bites' to shame :(<---- It was a bit like this...
But a Victoria sponge...
And we didn't actually need a crane to cut it.
Then I was presented with a lovely card that all 15 or 20 of the management team had signed. And then with £30 of vouchers for Borders and other bookstores! It was so lovely. Then at lunch, the sun came out and I went for a walk to the concourse. It felt so much like spring!
Then mid-afternoon I was called to the breakout area where most of the scientists were waiting (with more beast cake) to present me MORE gifts! It was a actually a bit scary, opening presents in front of like 50 people. Then they all clapped me and I couldn't think of anything witty or even interesting to say so I did a weird smile and they seemed satisfied. And I got another card with like 50 good luck messages in it. And some mugs for uni, an alarm clock for traveling and an envelope with a wad of cash in it!! And the prize for the most unique present goes to Duncan Odom for a packet of decongestant tablets and a lesson in their anti-diuretic properties. Different and practical!
Sadly, on the way out, as I was handing back my ID badge to security (*sob*) I was asked if I had a locker key. Simple question. But I misheard and thought I was being asked if I'd like a cookie. They looked confused when I said ''yeah! I'd love a cookie thanks!''
Then I got all embarranoid and legged it.
To my friends; gutted. Cos I bet you won't get AMAZING leaving parties like this :)
To my ex-colleagues; I'm very grateful for it all!
In fact, this is how grateful I am.
