The auto transport company picked up our Civic today. It's the first piece of our belongings to head to Florida. The die is cast. Now everything starts clicking into place, one thing following another following another, until we find ourselves in a land of 90-degree October days and non-transplanted palm trees.
JJ's last shift was Sunday night, so we're both shiftless lay-abouts at the moment. From two incomes to homeless jobless bums in two quick weeks. Luckily, that situation will resolve itself within another week. We'll have to make a quick call before our belongings arrive -- a 3-month lease in yet another apartment complex and an immediate house search, or a year-old lease in a rental house that gives ourselves an out in case Florida isn't for us, but means even longer until we're settled.
We're both still too absorbed in leaving our jobs to make a rational decision here, so we're letting it percolate in the back of our minds, taking up valuable cycles.
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Showing posts with label leaving. Show all posts
Monday, October 15, 2007
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
It was good
If you've got to have a last day, that's the way to do it. I got to see pretty much everyone, express my thanks or appreciation, and reflect on how fabulous it all was.
It's not a place I walk away from lightly.
It's not a place I walk away from lightly.
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Big changes
This blog is intended to chronicle a major change for my family. After nearly 7 years living a continent away from what I still consider my home, we're moving back to the East Coast.
It's a time of mixed feelings. This move will bring us closer to our families, allow us to buy a house, and give me the opportunity to be a full-time mom to our daughter, A. But it also means leaving fabulous jobs for both my husband and I, as well as leaving the area which, although I never came to see as my home, we've spent most of our lives together in.
We fly out in 3 and a half weeks. There's a pile of move logistics that have to be arranged, ends to tie up, and people to see one last time. But I'm spending most of my time trying to wrap my brain around the fact that I'm leaving my job.
It was my first job out of college; I did a not-insignificant amount of growing up while there. It shaped me to a great extent. I've defined myself by my job for many years, because I'm so proud of the company I work for, the work I do, and the people I work with. Losing that big part of my identity is going to take a toll.
Stay-at-home-mom is great, but do diapers and nap times and baby talk compare to down servers and tight deadlines and losing yourself in code? What else will I find to fill that hole?
Well, I've always wanted to try kayaking....
It's a time of mixed feelings. This move will bring us closer to our families, allow us to buy a house, and give me the opportunity to be a full-time mom to our daughter, A. But it also means leaving fabulous jobs for both my husband and I, as well as leaving the area which, although I never came to see as my home, we've spent most of our lives together in.
We fly out in 3 and a half weeks. There's a pile of move logistics that have to be arranged, ends to tie up, and people to see one last time. But I'm spending most of my time trying to wrap my brain around the fact that I'm leaving my job.
It was my first job out of college; I did a not-insignificant amount of growing up while there. It shaped me to a great extent. I've defined myself by my job for many years, because I'm so proud of the company I work for, the work I do, and the people I work with. Losing that big part of my identity is going to take a toll.
Stay-at-home-mom is great, but do diapers and nap times and baby talk compare to down servers and tight deadlines and losing yourself in code? What else will I find to fill that hole?
Well, I've always wanted to try kayaking....
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