Life is Good...even while PMSing

I'm so glad I finally have a plan! I feel like I have something to look forward to besides the Birthday Thursday goodies once a month in the break room...

Friday was my last day at work and I never imagined how good it would feel. I left and it was a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. I even blasted Kelly Clarkson in the car. :-)

I helped Rachel move into her new apartment in Hillsboro yesterday afternoon...she is so excited! Her boyfriend, Kennan moves out from VA on my bday!

Speaking of birthdays, my fam and I are making our once-every-eight-years family vacation for Gordon's 21-er to Las Vegas!!!... but the time we could get together won't be until the last weekend in April right before my birthday. Convenient...muahahaha... I feel a spa treatment coming on!!! So, since we'll be gone the original time I thought I could go out, I want to go out the following weekend for my birthday...ahem, Sarah...which would be either Friday May 2 or Sat May 3... I can't decide. Friday is fun b/c you've got the whole weekend to get over the hangover and I have the dreaded LSAT class on Sunday which is no fun being hungover for. But Sat more people are out and supposedly (per my music consultant, Rachel Kelly) the music is better. Whatev. More on this later.

So I actually have a spring break! I'm so excited. Since this was my last week at the City, I asked my boss at AmeriCorps (FSELC) if I could have this next week off, and he said yes! Our month of April is absolutely insance and I figured out I haven't had a full seven days off in a row in OVER TWO YEARS. That's a freaking problem. Plus, this'll give me time to catch up on studying, clean my bloody room and car, start running/working out again, and do all of those menial tasks I've been behind on since September- when my crazy work life began.

So, yaaaay!

The weather isn't even that bad today.

Things are looking up... working one job is awesome.

Oh yeah and I love ordering things online and I ordered two books (on humorous, one technical) on working and living in Britain! :-)

The end.

Two Weeks

Yesterday I gave my two weeks to the City of Salem. On Sunday night I was stressing it... I wasn't stressing the fact that I had to tell my boss I was quitting...no, no. I was stressing the two weeks to follow. What would my co-workers say? How the heck are they going to find someone willing to work only until June and then maybe if they're lucking come on full time in Aug? I was working on several projects (nothing huge, but something) and I had created a mini-system of dealing with all of the land use applications, something no one had time for before I came... I didn't want it to wash out with me! Neither did they, I know.

So, on Sunday night I went to sleep and had many a dream. One of them included me giving my two weeks and my boss was just fine with it. Almost too fine...nonetheless, I took it as a good omen and I woke up prepared. I had typed up a letter of resignation (required by contract) and handed it to him right before the staff meeting. Easy as pie. We discussed my resignation in the staff meeting and started brainstorming ideas for my duties to be reassigned. Just like that. I can't believe it was almost like my dream!

Only they did care that I was leaving, which is always comforting.