Why is it so hard to find good people to work with these days? One of the really good Admin people we have here at my work is leaving us to study masters in London.

I'm really bummed about it, she was/is so easy to get along with and i could actually trust her to go away and do the work properly and without trouble. We're coworkers, I'm not her boss or anything but given my experience I'm usually the first person people come to for help or when there are issues.

E could be trusted with instructions and tasks, unlike a LOT of other people i work with who think that if they do a crappy job at a task they'll never be asked to do it again and always scream blue murder that they're SOOOOOO busy and they couldn't possibly take on any more cos they're so stressed.

Bullshit

E is leaving next week, we're having morning tea one day with the academics and another day the admin people are having lunch. She wears scarves a lot so I made her this from my stash:

It is One Row Lace Scarf by Turvid

I originally bought it to make a wedding shawl back in 06. The shawl never eventuated because I wasn't a very proficient knitter back then, all I could do was garter stitch. I didn't even know how to purl yet!!
As it turned out I didn't need a shawl anyway it was a nice day so it got ripped back and has been sitting in my stash ever since. I've no recollection of what the yarn is, I'm pretty sure its all acrylic i think it was called twinkle because its got little bits of shiny cellophane type stuff in it that really catches the light and makes it sparkle :)

Its my own personal thankyou to her for being so reliable, she's really made my job a lot easier and i'm dreading not having her around.

While i'm bitching about work I might as well bitch about the fact that they havent got a replacement for her yet. They've had 8 months notice but of course left it relativley late and the person we had lined up to replace her fell through. Its so typical now we're probably going to get some half assed replacement who's as useful as tits on a bull.... or even worse no one at all.

I hate where I work.

I should be more happy for E, she's getting out of here and travelling a bit before heading down to London to study. Both things that she loves to do... travel and study. I guess i'm a bit jealous that she can just uproot her whole life and do something different. I'm much to cautious for that sort of stuff. I've found my comfort zone and i'm reluctant to leave it.

My cushy government job doesnt pay extremley well but its not minimum wage either... where else could I get away with doing sweet FA for the majority of the year??