Last Day

biorod

Shared on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 13:50
So today's my last day at my current job. I've worked for the University of North Carolina in one capacity or another since moving to North Carolina in 1998. I've been a temporary employee, a part-time employee, an undergraduate, a medical and dental patient, a volunteer - basically, you name it, I've done it here (except for teach). My wife earned her Ph.D. here and my son was born at the hospital that I can see out of my window. I earned my BS in computer science and spent an unholy amount of time writing code, papers, and doing all sorts of unpleasant mathematics in a building up the street. I confess that it's much harder to leave than I thought it'd be. I've done so much here - everything from freezing in line outside the Smith Center countless Saturday mornings for basketball tickets to picketing for employee benefits in front of South Building. Often times I've felt that being a state employee is a thankless existence, and it usually is, however, the people and the atmosphere are irreplaceable.

That's the mood I'm in. I don't start my new job until the Monday after the Chi-LAN and I'll be at the beach from tomorrow until Wednesday. So I've got a couple of crazy weeks coming with one of the worst moments near the end - when my son starts his new daycare on August 20th. My wife's already sobbing and I'm uneasy at best.

Anyway, good bye Carolina! I'll miss you.

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SoupNazzi's picture
Submitted by SoupNazzi on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 14:00
It ain't no thing. All y'all will get over the first day of day care soon enough.
th3midnighter's picture
Submitted by th3midnighter on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 14:30
I'll miss our daily chats about the end of the world and our steamy webcam conversations..... Wait a minute, you arent HotKaTeY1979.
WallyBR's picture
Submitted by WallyBR on Fri, 08/03/2007 - 14:40
It's about time you got off that miserable baby blue campus. Join the dark side son...NC State would be happy to take you. Muahahahaha! :) Good luck with the new gig!
Caesar's picture
Submitted by Caesar on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 11:42
good luck with your new job, and im in michigan as well. shit warren is right down the street from me, im in st clair shores
TDrag27's picture
Submitted by TDrag27 on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 11:45
Good luck with the move and the new job and everything else that comes with those huge changes!
bear96's picture
Submitted by bear96 on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 11:49
That will be tough to be away from family, but that is certainly exciting and I wish you guys the best!
wilderz's picture
Submitted by wilderz on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 11:58
keep us posted and good luck dude!
MikeTheKnife's picture
Submitted by MikeTheKnife on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 12:05
You picked a great time to move out here, it's only going to be 109 today. Monsoon season is awesome--blistering heat punctuated by brief, intense downpours of rain :)
Lusetti67's picture
Submitted by Lusetti67 on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 12:52
Good luck Its hot there but there is some cool stuff to do if you into outdoor sports........Boating fishing Off roading......

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