November 7, 2011

• final episode

   I've often joked with my friends & coworkers at the flowershop that there should be a sitcom about us.  There was always something crazy, dramatic or hilarious going on.  I couldn't even make up half of it.  This week past week it feels like our season has been cancelled. 

  Diane passed away on Monday after her battle with pancreatic cancer (her obituary is so perfectly her).  This is the second friend I've lost on Halloween.  I was pretty depressed all week.  I wore black.  I need my rituals, even if no one else knows I'm doing them.

  Keli gave her two-weeks notice.  We had our last day of working together on Friday (I had off on my regular job).  I was the one who recruited and hired her.  She really turned out to be a great employee.

  Cappy, my best friend, went on strike to demand our paychecks on time.  Instead of actually just paying her, the owner and she got in a fight.  Now she is never coming back.  What a complete f*$#ing A$$ that guy is.

  Now the only person who works there is completely inexperienced.  I feel like he might walk out this week.  There is no way one person experienced or not will be able to handle the shop alone for 7 days a week.  Impossible. 

  I guess the flowershop was always more than just a job.  It was a community.  It was an identity.  It was a place apart from the nonsense and banality of academia.  It still feels like home.  I also really like arranging flowers.

  Will I have a job to go to next weekend?  And now, with everyone gone, do I still want to work there?
  Stay tuned.

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