That Quitting Feeling

You know that feeling when you and your significant other no longer have jobs?

It's official.
Both Melissa and I quit. Today was our last day of work for both of us. Well I guess Melissa still has a few hours left in her shift. But I clocked out at noon.

Now that we aren't working, we plan on celebrating with some Ramen Noodle soup. Maybe we'll splurge and eat some hotdogs.

I think Channing knows he's going to have to step up to contribute. Just a little bit ago he came inside, grabbed his backpack of tools, and headed outside to start working on his bike. Somebody has to bring home the bacon (although he refuses to eat bacon...or anything that isn't bread really).

There are a lot of things that I'm thankful for from my experiences at Netmark. Over the last 2.5 years I explored a lot of new areas of technology. Learned a lot about the type of manager that I need & that I need to be. I broke some bad programming habits, and developed a lot of good ones. There often comes a time for each career, or path in life, that you just can't progress any further on that same path. Instead you need to find a new one. I've been needing a new path now for about 6 months. So I'm excited to leave for new opportunities and to live closer to family on the other side of the state.

And lastly, I was very tempted to print this out and tape it to my computer monitors when I left today. But I refrained.

Sad...but true

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