For my last weekend I spent it packing, going to Hoopfest, seeing a great comedy show and crying (as stated previously). Packing and cleaning are about as fun as anyone can imagine so I’ll let you all ponder how awesome it was for me on your own time. My family came out for the weekend for a special goodbye weekend to Spokane and as a surprise Father’s Day gift for my dad that my brother and I went in on – seeing Brian Regan live and in concert, but more on that later on to HOOPFEST! It was amazing. I loved watching all the three-on-three games and taking lots of touristy pictures of Spokane all in a tizzy. I listened to some live music, drank some cheap beer and cheered on random strangers to victory. I walked around with my dad, brother and a couple friends to watch all the festivities. It’s events like Hoopfest that make me glad I lived walking distance from downtown. I cannot imagine even trying to drive in that mess. I also got a little more familiar with North Monroe Street, which I had always avoided walking on before because of it’s proximity to the courthouse and the numerous bail bond and “antique” shops that lined it.

After Hoopfest my family and I went to the INB Performing Arts Center to see the show. It was great, Brian Regan is one of those comics who I’m glad I got to see live. I did get all fired up when during a bit about octopuses a girl in the audience shouted “it’s pronounced ‘octopi’” … no it’s not, it’s octopuses. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, “octopus” is derived from a Greek word, not a Latin one, therefore it does not get a Latin pluralization. If you do feel weird about saying “octopuses” (as I sometimes do depending on the maturity level of  some of my friends) say “octopedes.” It’s a lot less common, but still more correct than octopi. Other than that, it was a great show.

I had my last day at work today and it wasn’t exactly what you would expect from a last day at work. When I showed up there was quite a hullabaloo going around because in the wee hours of the morning the office next to ours had a sprinkler head break and flood the office. Our office had some water damage, but it was mostly to the caprets and our storage area. No computers were hurt. Unfortunately the office that got ruined was a small multimedia production company and it has (most likely) lost tens of thousands of dollars worth of equipment.

Of course due to the flooding we had cleaning crews in the office ALL DAY and these horrible giant fans whirring for hours. I still haven’t gotten over the 8 hours of blaring fan sound and had to step outside a number of times to get away from it all. Other than that the day was quite nice, I had a little mini party with pastries and my bosses got me a book of Engrish.

I really am going to miss working there. It was such a fun place to work and the people there were really cool. But I have no time to mourn the past because now it’s timeto sell all my furniture. Anyone want to buy some rugs or TV stand or chairs? I have them!