All's Quiet on the Eastern Front

Today is eerily quiet in my office. Aside from the fact that one co-worker has been moved to another area of the building and another is on vacation in Serbia, I noticed that Svetlana is decidedly absent from the cubicle next to mine. I'm left to wonder: Is her stay here with us over? Or has she just decided not to show up at all instead of showing up late?

As I sat looking over at her empty cube, an empty feeling crept over me. As disrupting as her presence has been these many months. As much as I've hated the smell of smoke wafting across into my space. I realized with fear that one of my best pools for blogging content will be gone soon, if not already.

We can only hope that she returns at 11:30 tomorrow for one encore presentation.