It's Her Last Day Today, And I Am Going To Miss Her Like Hell

My co-worker ... well, she's more like a mentor because I continue to this day to ask her questions along the lines of, "How do you do this?" -- well, today/Friday is her last day.  I haven't quite confronted and dealt with it, partly because these forms from this recently-closed-down lab have been kicking my ass ever since she put in her two weeks' retirement notice (I did the maximum ten hours yesterday/Thursday, and I was lucky I got everything done within that time), but also partly because I really, really don't know how to do my job when I'm in The Third Department without her.

She's been at this company forever.  She knows everything.  That's why I always felt good when asking her a question about what to do because she's seen everything before.  That's a hell of a lot of institutional knowledge that's walking out the door.  (Also, her co-worker was the guy who I think got fired in the summer.  Those were the two full-timers manning The Third Department, and they spent decades with the company.  Now they're both gone.)  Also, she was funny, and I could talk to her about my frustrations with the job and the company.  She was the ideal co-worker, and someone I could look up to.  Yes, I'm glad she could leave when she wants to.  But dammit, I will miss the hell out of her.  Because the job back there won't be the same without her.  And really, I will not be as good of a worker without her.  Believe it.