gap band

as in, "you dropped the bomb on me..."

my OC pssted me into his office at about 5:15 as i was walking to the kitchen. i walked back and he had a big smile on his face. he motioned me in. and then he said to close the door. very, very unusual.

i sat down and said, "what's going on?" he smiled and said, "i'm off in 10 days!" confused, because he just came back from 3 weeks holidays, i said, "where are you going?" he said, "home." even more confused, i was going to say, "salt spring? victoria? greece?" but i just sat there with a confused look on my face and said, "what are you talking about?" he said, "i'm leaving the firm."

i don't know if the look of shock / disappointment / sadness / anger / disbelief / devastation registered right away on my face but i did manage to say, "what?????"

we talked for about 20 minutes about his plans and why he was leaving and what he was going to do. he said it's been in the works for about two months now. he's only told Baby Man and A (which doesn't really surprise me and really, there's no one else at the firm he would feel the need to tell...which i guess means i should be flattered that he considers me someone who should know before the general public knows. and now i am remembering a day when he had them both in his office, behind closed doors, a couple of weeks ago. it's all coming back to me now). his last day is hallowe'en. trick or treat indeed.

i let him know that i was not happy about him leaving. i also wished him well and congratulated him. he said, "for what? i haven't done anything yet." i said, "you're doing something that not a lot of people would have the courage to do." and he said, "what, be voluntarily unemployed?" and i said, "no, you're leaving your stable, bill-paying job to pursue something that really interests you. not many people would take that risk." he figures the General will send out the e-mail next week, probably monday or tuesday.

i'm sad but i also know that (and say it with me now because i won't hear it enough from everyone at work), "things happen for a reason and if it's really meant to be, then it will happen eventually."