{"id":15473,"date":"2019-11-18T05:53:35","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15473"},"modified":"2019-11-18T05:55:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T10:55:31","slug":"the-lasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=15473","title":{"rendered":"The Lasts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Ever give notice to leave something — like a job — so far in advance that you go through a grueling set of “lasts?” That is, …
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\n…the last (regularly standing) Meeting A, the last monthly Meeting B, the last in-person briefing for The Boss, the last weekly Meeting C, the last staff meeting (YIPPIE!!!), the last management operations briefing, the last time you have to write silly two-year out “milestones” that inevitably change, the last major call for grant proposals? The last… whatever … you name it … I have been going through so many “lasts” as I approach retirement that my head is spinning.<\/p>\n

Also, in lieu of a lame retirement party at the office, I am having one-on-one lunches with selected friends. So instead of one day of a lunch and cake, I’ve gotten 20 free lunches (and no cake; I don’t need extra for the waistline) \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n

Schedule-wise, I will continue to be physically present in the office right up to the Wednesday before our U.S. Thanksgiving, which this year is late on November 28. <\/p>\n

After that, I have so much accumulated leave over that which will be paid out on termination, that I will go on leave until 3 December. <\/p>\n

Then I take my last work-related trip and go to this U.S. territory for two-and-one-half-days:
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\n… and from there, fly on to la isla del encanto<\/i> again for another two-and-one-half days:\"\"
\n…for on-site consultations and inspections. Then I return home, submit a report about what I observed, then go on leave again until I return to the office on 3 January, 2020, to return company-owned equipment, my ID, and then as Fred Flintstone said:
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\nLife is short: enjoy “the lasts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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