I completed my last day of work in California on Friday and it was a melancholy experience. In fact, this whole week has been melancholy. I feel like saying “goodbye” to coworkers and even places that I may never see again. For instance, while driving in to work on Friday, I stopped at the local doughnut shop to pick up my last applefritter for my last commute on my last day of work. That shop helped provide life sustaining sugar during my 3 years in graduate school. In fact, that shop has been very instrumental in helping me store extra fat to protect against the long, harsh winters of Colorado. In my mind, I said goodbye to the short Asian baker, as well as his shop, as I walked out.
I spent Friday morning throwing out papers, cleaning up my cubical, and boxing up all the junk I have managed to accumulate during the past 6 years I have worked at Lockheed Martin. I amazingly have 6 boxes of junk…mostly textbooks I collected during school, most of which I haven’t cracked open since I finished 2 years ago.
Saying goodbye to my coworkers, my desk, my building, my friends, my family in the area is a melancholy experience because this has been my home for nearly 6 years (as of February 2). We’ve (or I’ve) contemplated moving since I moved to California, but it’s entirely different to be going through with it. Packing, planning, house hunting, paperwork, more paperwork, uncertainty, excitement, fear, hope.
I spent Friday morning throwing out papers, cleaning up my cubical, and boxing up all the junk I have managed to accumulate during the past 6 years I have worked at Lockheed Martin. I amazingly have 6 boxes of junk…mostly textbooks I collected during school, most of which I haven’t cracked open since I finished 2 years ago.
Saying goodbye to my coworkers, my desk, my building, my friends, my family in the area is a melancholy experience because this has been my home for nearly 6 years (as of February 2). We’ve (or I’ve) contemplated moving since I moved to California, but it’s entirely different to be going through with it. Packing, planning, house hunting, paperwork, more paperwork, uncertainty, excitement, fear, hope.
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