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LD as an acronym is a much-used term in my current job and was also used a lot in my previous job so I’m having to get used to the switch in meaning.

Previously LD = lethal dose
Currently LD = last day of the month

Big day for me today. For those of you who know me, you’ll be shocked / impressed to read that I am wearing a skirt today for the first time in seven years! Thought I better glam up now I’m a ‘banker’! So far so good although can’t stride at my normal pace – I feel a bit like a teetering bimbo with a speed limiter. And I can see my own naked knees when I sit down – yikes!

… at my new seat in the sky (level 22) I think I actually did some real work on my first day. I went to a dev meeting with my new team and took minutes (now anxiously waiting to see if they make any sense whatsoever to the PM) and updated some data in Excel using both of my 2 screens, once I got the hang of the concept having never used 2 at once before.

Either side of my 2 screens I have a rather stunning view:

To the left …

… and to the right …

No swaying yet however that didn’t stop me from feeling nauseous all day in anticipation of it.

Feeling pretty shattered now. I fully expect myself to be up and running and useful in the first week seeing as I am contracting. Day 2, here I come!

Start my new contract tomorrow. Feeling rather anxious.

It’s no secret that I’m a Fuel fanatic. Finally, after 3 years, just 2 days before I move away from this part of town, they’ve opened up a bar on the same street as my office.

Managed to get a sneaky coffee this morning, as they’re not quite open and were just unpacking, but they did *everything* right to ensure my dedicated loyalty – made me a coffee (on the house) and called me the ‘first customer’ at the new site 😀 I’m bouncing! Plus it was a damn good coffee.

That’s why I’ve been pretty quiet recently – working towards my last day at work which is this Thursday. It still hasn’t hit me, despite moving all my orange stuff off my desk into a box at home to be stored, because my new workspace doesn’t look like it could cope with it.

I just resigned this morning. It was hard but the future looks very good.

Found out what all the banging is about across the road – Kumutoto – general redevelopment of the North Queen’s Wharf area where the new Loaded Hog and One Red Dog already are. Other things to come seem to be promenades and lowered walk-ways. I found a map and description of the current building site.

I don’t know if knowing what the banging is about makes it any more tolerable!

A couple of girls in the next pod were just discussing that one of them managed to do a ‘crab’ at yoga last night. The other one just couldn’t do it. And another person that came along could sort-of do it. So I had a go as well – being the yoga queen that I am – and I was the best at it!!

(Obviously this is not me … it’s just to illustrate what a yoga crab is!)

I’ve been mulling over the new job prospect and if it is offered (they have to check a few boxes etc) then I will take it. I expect things to move on that front next week. I’ve talked to my boss about it.

However, while waiting, the CE was informed that I’d likely be leaving and I was summonsed. Yikes! Our paths have not crossed that much and I was not sure what to expect but I’ve been completely overwhelmed by his words.  His report of his perception of my importance in my group, the excellent reputation I have within the organisation, the management potential he sees in me, the potential to work directly for him. My god! Flattery will get you everywhere!! However, I said I was going if the offer came through, and gave him my reasons and he said that he admired my choice – that it said a lot about my strength (?!!) – and that it is the same decision he would’ve made.

So all in all, a really great chat. A definite first!! It’s just too hard to explain what being *really* noticed at that level, for good reasons, does to you.