Yeeha! Back in LJ land.
Holy Shite. What a rush the past three months have been.
San Diego was an amazing weekend. Good friends and an experience I’ll never forget.
Back to Denver after that then a quick, slightly hectic winding down of my affairs there.
Went back to the salt mine with a completely different frame of mind. My work attitude was completely different knowing I was on the way out on my terms.
I did my damndest to get the folks ready for a new manager without actually telling them until I’d given notice.
Over the past year or two work had gotten a bit unpredictable. Starting with an interesting review the previous November. After 15 years you get a plastic number 15 with your name engraved on it! No bonus. No raise. No extra week of vacation. Just some plastic and a little 20 page book talking about what an amazing company you work for. The look on my managers face as he watched me open it and start laughing was priceless. I went home that very night. Had a bottle of my best stashed red wine and bought a one way ticket for August.
I then put things in play to get debt free and put my condo on the market.
This story is just starting but I’m calling that part one.
San Diego was an amazing weekend. Good friends and an experience I’ll never forget.
Back to Denver after that then a quick, slightly hectic winding down of my affairs there.
Went back to the salt mine with a completely different frame of mind. My work attitude was completely different knowing I was on the way out on my terms.
I did my damndest to get the folks ready for a new manager without actually telling them until I’d given notice.
Over the past year or two work had gotten a bit unpredictable. Starting with an interesting review the previous November. After 15 years you get a plastic number 15 with your name engraved on it! No bonus. No raise. No extra week of vacation. Just some plastic and a little 20 page book talking about what an amazing company you work for. The look on my managers face as he watched me open it and start laughing was priceless. I went home that very night. Had a bottle of my best stashed red wine and bought a one way ticket for August.
I then put things in play to get debt free and put my condo on the market.
This story is just starting but I’m calling that part one.