I just emailed my boss to see if I could get out of my last week of my notice period for my upcoming redundancy as she said there was a chance I could leave eariler.

She emailed me back to say that this was fine and that she was pleasantly surprised by my commitment to the company that was firing me. She obviously expected me to want lots more time off and would have been happy to give me it :(

Can I realistically ask to finish earlier now? Is there any excuse I can use to get out of some of the next 10 days of work??