Last Day

It's been an incredibly surreal week for me. My dog Pinkerton is acclimating well to my house (easy to do when half of his past week has been solely with me around and the rest of my family gone), and I've spent a good amount of time sort of revamping the way I do things around the house. What with tearing my room apart, getting a larger bed, trying to finagle way too much stuff into one tiny space, and shove too many books onto one single bookcase.

What's made it the most surreal is that as of 3 o'clock this afternoon, I no longer work at the Staples store I've called home since I started there in the summer of 2007. Sure, I took a hiatus while away at school, but obviously I came back. Now, a smigin over a year later, I'm getting super promoted (I'm bypassing a lead position and moving straight to a supervisor which is like, right under a manager) and leaving the store and the associates I've come to know and love.

It hit me hard yesterday when I started the goodbyes and I hugged one of the guys I've known since 2008. As he hugged me I anticipated a rough, "Now get out of here!" and then a jocular smile. Instead, he started saying how I was gonna kick ass and be great at the new job and how he was excited for me. I almost started crying. Because I respect this man a lot and to hear him very seriously say that to me on my last day working with him (for now), I suddenly realized what I was doing.

I was leaving home.

That's what this is. I'm going to a larger, darker, and slightly disasterly store. My commute isn't much longer so that's not an issue. It's simply the fact that I'm walking on in as a supervisor to these people and I don't know who any of them are. I've been so spoiled this past year by walking back into my old store, knowing 60% of the staff and becoming fast friends with the remaining 40%. Now, I like to think I'm easy to get along with, but nonetheless, I had it easy coming back.

Everything is about to change. I pray for the best. I hope this winds up being exactly what I need. But above and beyond all of this is that I'm sincerely hoping that somehow, someway, I find my way back home again.

Currently Editing: Unity
Currently Listening to: "The Call" from The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian