Got it

This morning I checked my email and a sense of disbelief washed over me as I read that I had got the job. I smiled and couldn't hide my enthusiasm for the day ahead - anything could happen to me today and it wouldn't have mattered! And then I realised that I had to tell them. Oh then the familiar sickening feeling came over me and my heart sank. I was able to pull the HR guy to one side and ask him how best to do it, 'right. That's a shame' he said right off the bat, although he didn't blame me saying he wanted to move on himself. I put together a letter and dropped it on my managers desk for him to read when he got in, which he did an hour or so before home time. He read it straight away and said 'sad, your news,' and told my colleague who welled up. It dawned on me that as much as these people wind me up on an almost daily basis, they have been the familiar faces for the past two and a half years of my life. They have got me through tough times with trivial distractions and the good times with faint praise, some have even become friends. I felt sad to be leaving them, in fact it still hasn't dawned on me yet. Why is that, ah why does this happen. The irritations become endearing, the daily grind becomes a comfort as I peer into the unknown. 

Ah well, there's still a lot of time before then, so I've just got to take each day as it comes.