goodbye holler

Friday was the last day I will ever do the following:

1. Answer the phone "hello, Holler" (although I have been known to answer my house phone/mobile "hello holler" out of habit)
2. Set up a meeting room with tea/coffee/artistically presented plate of biscuits
3. smell a courier from close range
4. re-arrange a stationery cupboard
5. go somewhere like Sway bar (although dancing with Em and Rich 'flash dance' style was amazing!)
6. Ask Squiz to fix my computer
7. Ask Ben to fix my computer
8. order toilet roll from viking direct (and get free chocolate!)
9. buy flowers from lovely Tim the flower man on leather lane
10. answer the Holler entry phone to a man who's only known vocabulary is the word 'milk'

Only ten things on the list here, but it could go on and on to reach hundreds. And aside from my gradual slide down a slope of despise for all the various annoyances an office manager has to deal with, I know I will miss it. I have met some amazing people at Holler, and these people have all contributed to my happiness and belief in who I am and what I can achieve.


On Monday I shall start a new job, a new chapter in my career. Quite a scary thought when coming from an agency where I've been so comfortable and know it so well to then plunge into the deep end somewhere new and unfamiliar. This is exciting stuff! And in the words of one of my old colleagues "eh, lets hope"

look what i found

I was looking through my diary the other day, and found something from years back which my dear friend Johnhead drew for me. We were working at this corporate hell hole where the only benefit was free coffee, and far too frequent ciggy breaks. This I believe is the inspiration for this marvelous cartoon series. There are others which are equally brilliant, but this one is my fave.


Thanks Johnhead, you made data entry much more bearable.