This past week was my last week in Philadelphia! I had a lot to do such as, say goodbye to friends, work my 40 hours, train my replacement (Cathie), pack, and tie up loose odds and ends. One hilarious fact about my replacement is that a year and a half ago when Colin was working in Philly, his one co-worker had asked him what Temp Agency I had gone through to get my job. (I was only supposed to be there for a month, but they ended up hiring me so it's definitely a success story!) I gave Colin the information to give to his co-worker. Fast forward a year and a half....When I told my company I was leaving, they decided to go through the Temp Agency again. Here, they sent over Colin's previous Co-worker! She had been working for them this whole time and was looking for something a bit more permanent!
On Tuesday, my managers took Cathie and me out to lunch at a nice Italian restaurant in South Philly. It was an "Early Admin Day" and "Thank you" lunch for me, and a "Welcome" lunch for her. That evening, I had the girls over for Girls Night. We ordered takeout from Tampopo, my go-to restaurant in West Philly when I didn't feel like cooking. It was nice having the ladies over one last time and being our silly selves. Plans are already in the works for a reunion with some of them. Yes, I know Philly is only 2.5 hours away, but it'll be strange not getting together every few weeks or for impromptu happy hours!
On Wednesday, it was Administrative Professionals Day! My company gave all of us Admins (even Cathie) a travel mug and Starbucks gift card. After work, Nicole and I went to Tria Wine Room in University City one last time.
On Thursday, it was "Take Your Kids to Work Day." My co-worker Shaheed brought in his daughters, ages 4 and 6, for half a day. He gave them plans to highlight and I gave them a "report" that I really needed help with. They highlighted the bold headings, tabbed every page, and wrote the first word of each page on the labels. I also printed some tracing and sight word worksheets for them when they finished the report. It was so fun having the little ones at the office and made me excited to be around little ones all the time when I start teaching! That night, after such a big day at work, I was far too exhausted to do any packing and went to bed early!
On Friday, I tied up some loose ends at work and reiterated some of the more important duties with Cathie. She actually brought me a gift for helping her all week - a hot pink planner (she had one and I kept telling her how much I loved it all week), a gourmet cupcake with peanut butter icing (she noticed that I eat a lot of junk food at work, including donuts and peanut butter cups. woops), and a gift card for Colin and me and to go out to dinner in DC. She wrote a lovely card saying that none of this would have happened if Colin and I hadn't come into her life. It was such a sweet gesture and made me feel really good.
I went out to lunch and happy hour with some co-workers. My mom even drove in just in time for happy hour to meet all my friends! We had a great time, but were in bed before midnight because we still had a lot of packing to do the next morning!
Colin arrived Saturday morning around 10:30, but unfortunately my bedroom was still in a pretty messy state. But we rallied together, threw things in boxes, got everything in the van and cars, and cleaned up for the new tenant. Colin and I were back in Arlington by 5:30 and moving everything in was fairly easy.
I remember when Colin and I first started dating and he had said to me "How would feel about moving down here?" Well babe, it only took 4 years, but I couldn't be more excited about this new chapter of our lives!
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