Friday 30 March - Springfield to Boston

After a little sleep in, it was on a bus back from Springfield to Boston to wrap everything up at Vitale. The day was a rush really to ensure that I´d crossed all the t´s and dotted the i´s for leaving the firm, and for having everything organised for our trip.

Thanks to the organisation of Ryan Hurley, there were informal drinks held at The Harp in honour of myself & Becky. It was made a good night by the fact that so many of the people that we had worked with and gotten to know well were able to turn up. It was certainly hard to say goodbye to a lot of good people... hopefully I can fulfil my promise of keeping in touch with everyone. Hurley also got the 3 votes; Tim Ross was in contention, and so was Jess Auriemma (as usual). I was actually fairly reserved, what with having a huge day / weekend to come. The only downpoint of the night might have been an unprovoked spray I copped from a little Mexican bloke, obviously in possession of small man syndrome; anyway, it didn´t quite ruin in.

Better late than never, myself and the upcoming secondee to Melbourne, Jen Quinlan, were able to meet. Jen will be a great addition to PP - she´s going to have a ball. Abi had such a ball last year she might be back for a visit later this year. I´ve decided to keep up the tradition and pick Jen up from the airport when she arrives. It´s always good to see a friendly face in an unfamiliar place, just as we experienced when Ab was there at Boston Airport way back on 30 December (which actually just feels like yesterday).