Whenever I hear that line from the song Closing Time by Semisonic it always gets me thinking about the changes that I have been preparing for, for the last year and a half. It is so true that while I may be forlorn at letting go but it is in letting go that I am able to start anew. Yesterday I said goodbye to all the people I worked with at GS and closed the chapter, a six year long chapter, and I am now ready to prepare for my new beginning.
As I had mentioned before I faced yesterday with some trepidation, knowing full well that this was a bit of a mixed blessing. I had been looking forward to leaving the stress and the long hours behind me but I knew I would miss the people. And true to form, that is exactly how everything unfolded. However, if my last day was supposed to be relaxing and easy, my employers didn't get the memo because I worked on my last day. we were so behind in getting our inventory broken down, scanned in, and up on shelves that for the last three days I was in the warehouse lending a hand to try and get caught up. But yesterday we were fortunate to have some extra people and we busted ass non-stop for close to eight hours. It was so humid yesterday that all I had to do was walk around and I was already sweating. By the end of the day I was tried, dirty, and in desperate need of a shower but we went above and beyond my expectations as to how much we would get done.
I woke up this morning, the sun was shining and a gentle breeze coming through my window and I realized, I didn't need to go to work today. I don't think it will sink in until Monday, but I am now currently unemployed...and it feels weird. I have often thought to myself that others are seeing what I am doing and must think I am crazy to be walking away from a job with benefits in this fragile economic times. Sometimes I wonder if I am crazy for doing this, but I know that I am pulled this way and I cannot ignore. I am continuing to put my trust in God and praying that with this end I will be able to embark on this new beginning.
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