Old Friends Friday

Friday 3 Feb 2012 - Tonight after work, I met up with some old work colleagues from my days at Infinity Holidays, my first area of Flight Centre.  A girl I worked with, Michelle, had drinks celebrating her last day at Infinity - she is going to go to Uni full-time and into a new experience.

I was at Infinity for 6 years, and during that time, worked with some fantastic people, and made some wonderful friends. (Same with working with the Brochures team and in FCGP, my next couple of jobs). We spent long hours at work, and had stressful and fun days, weeks, months together. Since I left, I don't see them as much, but it is always good when I do see them.

When I walked in to see the familiar faces of people I haven't worked with for a while, I felt a sense of the old cliche, "coming home". Seeing Micho, Gemma, Matt, Lisa, Nat, Wendy the Wonder-Temp, Kristy and Yo (hope I didn't miss anyone!), I felt like I'd never been away. There just wasn't enough time to catch up with everyone, which was a shame. Then I saw the lovely Anna, who had been in Canada for over 2 years, and has been back in Australia for just a few months. It was so good to see her too, and I was actually surprised at just how happy I felt to be around these people again.

I just found this quote, which kind of explains it better - “The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” Ashley Montagu

Anyway, I got a bit nostalgic when I arrived home. I haven't added any photos for a couple of days, so here are just a few of the super-fabulous friends I have made in my previous jobs at Flight Centre. (My current team can rest assured, they are my newest friends and their photos are already gracing my blog pages!)