Mixed feelings

I haven't said much about my job lately. Not sure why. Maybe because I was so tired of the drama that I didn't want to even relive it long enough to talk about it. To bring you up to speed... the old man I was working for retired in April. Abruptly.

It was a relief of sorts. No more hearing about his past which he loved to tell about in detail. Indiscretions and inappropriate behaviour that would make your skin crawl. He would come up daily with a new way to do something. We'd just wait for the wind to change direction so we could move onto the next "new and improved" idea. The only consistancy he had was about keeping production high. . I should have left a million times, but I didn't want to "abandon ship" and my awesome coworkers. Plus, I hate change. So I stayed and we endured together.

When he retired, the regional office moved us to a new/temporary location until a new agent could be determined. This was good. Change. Fresh scenery and a chance to start over. The fun continued of course in new ways. Dozens of not-so-quick calls every day "Why did he retire? Why did you move? Who is the new agent? When? Where? What?..." The calls and questions seem to go on forever. Thankfully, our new agent was selected by the end of May. So we had the answer to one of the questions. This was good! And then came the bad... we're moving back to our old office. The new agent is either renting or buying the office condo. That stirred up a lot of emotions. Back to the place that so much had happened. Would the old agent be our landlord and back in our lives? Would he come medling all the time? We were all ready to close that chapter in our lives and move forward with the new agent. Thankfully, the new agent talking about buying so the old agent could be removed from the situation for us. Still means we're going back.

Today I went down to check out the new paint and box up some of the retired agent's stuff for him and his wife to pick up. There is still a lot of stuff left in the office. The new paint is fabulous and definitely gives a fresh, modern vibe to the office. I'm in love with the red accent walls in his office and the hallway. It got a little hard after an hour. I didn't want to look at his stuff any more. Again, I want this chapter to be closed, but it's gotta get boxed up and out of the office somehow!

I'm just going to look at the positive..... Maybe my sweet co-worker will go back with me again tomorrow. She did make the time at the office a lot better! Only a couple more days and all the stuff should be gone. I'll do the packing, but someone else will be delivering the stuff to the old agent's house. I get to wear jeans the rest of the week. We get a three day weekend at the end of this week!!! Next week, we official start our first week with the new agent and he seems really interested in a modern, remarkable customer experience.

Did I mention, the new agent has already read scripture to us!!!!!! I hate change, but that kind of change is going to be really welcome around the office!