Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Packing Tips

So Only 3 days of work left before I leave, which I must say is quite a relief. Yesterday I went into my boss's office so that she could sign my final timesheet and she asked me if I had packed yet, normal question I suppose but you see my boss is no normal person so I knew something crazy was sure to follow. Now a little background, my boss is a very nice person it's just that she is slightly crazy, one of those people that has no self-edit button, says whatever is on her mind whether appropriate or not. In addition she is slightly manic, like one of those people who sometimes forgets to change their clothes or comb their hair everyday. So you can imagine that I was bracing myself for some crazy revelation when I was simply asked if I had packed. No I haven't quite finished getting everything together I replied. Then she says well you really don't have to pack that much I mean you can wear the same clothes for 3 days it's no big deal, I do it all the time I bet you didn't even notice did you? (As a matter of fact I had noticed as had just about everyone else in the office but well we just thought she forgets to change or something and of course no one mentioned it to her) Umm..no I never noticed I said, mostly because I had no desire to get into a discussion about her dressing habits and also well the conversation was awkward. Anyways so then she starts going on and on about how changing your clothes everyday is an American thing anyways (which by the way she is in fact American) and that it's just one of our hangups. Perhaps singlehandedly my boss will change American thinking about wearing clean clothes everyday, somehow I doubt it but I for one plan to carry my great American tradition of changing my clothes everyday off to Australia, packing tips be damned!!

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