Last Day

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.