Good News, Bad News

So it's official! Tomorrow will be Dilbert's last day as my manager. Of course that is the good news. Hell, it's great news! I'm more than tired of his non-supporting, management ass kissing, schedule nightmare setting self! See ya! BOOT!

The bad news, however, is that one of my fellow co-workers (Funky Cold) is getting promoted to management and his last day is also tomorrow. Now I'm happy that he is getting promoted (if you want to call it that - management at my company tends to lean to the sucky side of life) and that he is finally leaving our hellish department on his own terms. I am really proud of his accomplishments. BUT, he is one of the only few people I can really rely on at work. We've been an awesome team together on many high profile projects over the past few years and I will miss him terribly. So I did threaten to beat him up in the parking lot for leaving me.

Yesterday I went to Things Remembered and bought a gift for Funky Cold as a way of saying, "Congrats!" There is a store at the mall near my apartment, so I wandered in there with a particular idea in mind. I wanted to get him a name plate for his new "managerial" desk. You see my company is too cheap to provide us with name plates - even for the managers. We're lucky just to get a piece of paper with our name printed on it.

Anyway, I bought Funky Cold this beautiful crystal name plate (with his name engraved on it) for his desk. Of course, being the polite person that I am, I also decided to get Dilbert something as well. Luckily everything was on sale seeing how Father's Day is just around the corner. So I found this really cute golf themed business card holder for Dilbert. He is a golf fanatic. It contains a golf ball & 2 tees which hold the business cards in place. I got it engraved as well.

They are able to have both items done today so I'm going to pick them up while running back & forth between the house and the apartment. I plan to drop the gifts off at hell - I mean work - tonight so that they will be sitting at their desks when they first get to work in the morning. I work the late shift. Knowing my luck they will cut out of work early tomorrow and I will just miss them. Besides, it's nice to come into work and find a good surprise on your desk instead of the usual bitch memo.

Well, I best be off. I got soooo much to do and my maid/mom is sitting at my apartment waiting for me. Moving SUCKS!