The final farewell at work – and thank heavens, the party was moved into the office, instead of on the rooftop of a midtown fancy hotel at 5pm in the midst  of a record-breaking heatwave. The office lacked a certain charm, to be sure, but it had the awesome benefit of air conditioning. It was sad to say goodbye, even though of course I’m still working with everyone in a consulting capacity.

I thought you might like to see what the office of an acquiring editor, on Madison Ave., at a major NY publishing house looks like. Here it is back when my stuff was in it:

a LOT of great books were signed here

that's Madison Ave down below my enormous window

and now, the end is here

My friend Craig, whose office is right next to mine, saved the day for me many a stressed-out day, and I think I did the same for him. He’s away at a conference, but I stopped in his office to take a picture of something that makes me smile.

he kept that 5th grade picture of me, right by his computer. aww.

One more day, tomorrow, of tying up loose ends and then I’m done.

For now, I’m watching A Single Man, that incredibly stylish Tom Ford movie, with Colin Firth and Julianne Moore. I just finished eating a pint of peach frozen yogurt for my dinner, and I’m going to knit for a while. That seems like a nice way to honor this transition, from something to something else. Stay cool, y’all.