A day of celebration
Chicago, 10/28 - After 88 years, the White Sox have won another World Series. This morning, people lined up at La Salle Street to experience this momentous event and the ticker tape parade that ended at LaSalle and Wacker. On my way to work this morning (at Michigan and Wacker), people were already lined up on the streets. It was 8:30am and the parade is not until noon. There were lots of people, but it was not as bad as I expected it to be. The streets weren't even closed to commuter traffic yet. If it were the Cubs, the city would probably have been shut down as people would be camping out from the day before. I'm happy for the White Sox. I don't understand why any Cubs fan would not enjoy this victory for Chicago. If it were not them, I would hope the fans will wish it on the other Chicago team.
As the Sox celebrate their post-season victory - so do I celebrate the end of my job with Dell. I am happy with the work I did while I was at their employ and am looking forward to the new challenges of the new job which starts in two weeks.
In the meantime -- I am technically unemployed. Or am I?
So at 3pm we went back to the Dell office to return our stuff (laptops, cell phones, badges, keys) and clean our desk. The office looks very different, it is a veritable war zone with boxes and trash bins everywhere. The Chicago office is closing down with the remaining employees working remote so the people left are cleaning up and throwing the rest away. This afternoon, as I sat having a round of drinks with my project teammates at Pog MaHones, I was a bit saddened that it will be our last. The project had its up and downs (as all of them do), but we had a fun team, and that made a difference. I will miss all the bickering and the smart ass comments. I will miss our lunch pedicure and massage schedules. I will even miss our daily ice cream/coffee run at 3pm. You know how people send farewell emails on their last day saying goodbyes and leaving contact information? How many people actually do keep in touch? I hope we do.
As the Sox celebrate their post-season victory - so do I celebrate the end of my job with Dell. I am happy with the work I did while I was at their employ and am looking forward to the new challenges of the new job which starts in two weeks.
In the meantime -- I am technically unemployed. Or am I?
So at 3pm we went back to the Dell office to return our stuff (laptops, cell phones, badges, keys) and clean our desk. The office looks very different, it is a veritable war zone with boxes and trash bins everywhere. The Chicago office is closing down with the remaining employees working remote so the people left are cleaning up and throwing the rest away. This afternoon, as I sat having a round of drinks with my project teammates at Pog MaHones, I was a bit saddened that it will be our last. The project had its up and downs (as all of them do), but we had a fun team, and that made a difference. I will miss all the bickering and the smart ass comments. I will miss our lunch pedicure and massage schedules. I will even miss our daily ice cream/coffee run at 3pm. You know how people send farewell emails on their last day saying goodbyes and leaving contact information? How many people actually do keep in touch? I hope we do.
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