My last Monday

Happy Monday everyone. Why is it happy? Because I am fully recovered from the New Year's Eve debacle (save for a few unexplained bruises) and today marks the last official Monday morning of my working office life. It was the last morning for me to jam myself onto the hell ride that is the E train, jammed with approximately 9.9 billion of my fellow Queens residents for the 20 minute or 2 hour commute to my office.

As you may or may not know, I have decided to take a leave of absence, quit, enjoy a sabbatical..whatever you want to call it...for the next few months to pursue more writing and comedy projects. I'll be at home writing, writing, and more writing. And when I'm not writing, I'll be writing. I expect that by April I will either need to go back to work, or have optioned 2 screenplays, sold a sitcom, and be producing 3 reality shows. Sort of hoping for the latter but am aware that I will be living my own reality show called "How Will Gayle Pay Rent".

I am so ready I can't even believe it. Got a printer (thanks Shevy), ordered all my office supplies (thanks dollar sale at Staples.com) and have been hording Ramen Noodle Soup for the past few weeks so I am set.

In celebration of my last week in hell...er, I mean office life, I will give you a tip a day of how to leave your office job. I figure there are tons of books on how to get a job, but none on how to get OUT of one. SO here goes!!

HOW TO LEAVE YOUR JOB

Tip #1
Take down all your personal memorabilia and photos. The pics of your parents, your cat, your parent's cat. Trust me, no one wanted to see those in the first place, and you don't want to be dealing with those Friday when you'll be hawling home all 27 pairs of high heeled shoes that have been jammed under your desk for the past year.

Stay tuned tomorrow when we'll discuss how to get the office paper shredder out of your department without the receptionist busting you.