Today, I went into work and gave my 2 weeks notice as planned.

Since the manager wasn't there when I arrived, I told the assistant manager. She thanked me for giving notice instead of just suddenly leaving without a word (as some people have been known to do there), marked my last day on the calendar, and that was that.

I think it qualifies as a contender for the most low key resignation announcement ever. Several of the people I regularly work with still don't know, since they weren't there today. I can't help but wonder if someone else will tell them, or will they notice the writing on the calendar (unlikely), or will I have to break the news myself to the rest on Friday? (I'm off for a couple days now.)

Oh well. $coworker{concert_fan} was mildly bummed about it tonight, but wished me the best.

And again, even though I am convinced I am making the best choice, I find doubts going through my mind incessantly. Will this work at all? Will I be any good at it, or suck horribly? Will I hate it worse than anything that came before?

The only way to rid myself of these uncertainties is to press on at full steam and give it my best. Oh boy!

Another bit. Though I could not have controlled the timing with which this opportunity presented itself, my decision to jump was partially motivated by the fact that it came when it did. What do I mean by that?

With next week's paycheck, there will be enough money in my checking account to payoff my car. Completely.

That means that if this does fuck up somehow, I can at least rest in the knowledge that I won't owe a bunch of money to Chrysler.

But on another level, it represents reaching a long term milestone that I've been aiming for for ages. No debt. (Of course, I fully recognize that I wouldn't have been able to do this without the help of my parents. So it's not like I can claim all the credit by any stretch of the imagination.)

So anyway, with my debt about to be out of the way, I can feel just a little bit freer to veer into the unknown. Still, it feels a bit spooky.

OTOH, it wouldn't be a lie to say that I find myself looking forward to a new challenge.

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Right now, I'm finding myself very tempted to ogle up and watch another Wachowski Brothers classic stored on the dvd sitting in front of me. Though I babbled briefly about it in the collective recently, it's actually been a while since I last watched Bound. (I'm not even sure I should count the last time I screened it, since my brain had rebooted into a slightly non-standard configuration.)

Sure, what the hell. No work for me tomorrow. I'm going to watch this film now.

Goodnight world.