Tom & Alissa

It’s my last day at this job, and I’m about to call into my last meeting. I feel like I should be much more geared up, but I’m not really. I don’t think it’s sunk in yet. Right now I just keep thinking that I never have to go above 14th street again, if I don’t want to. :)

I’ve been here for two years and a month, and my life is almost entirely different now than it was then. In some ways, this job has been the one constant for those years; relationships, friendships, churches, roommates, ideas, beliefs, philosophies have all changed, gone, deepened, sharpened, or matured. And of course, my family has changed completely. Dad was diagnosed with leukemia when I’d only been here a month, and I found out about his relapse sitting right here at this desk. And I’ve worked here longer than I’ve even known Tom. There’s nothing untouched in my life, but I’m much older and I know much more about myself and have the courage to pursue life, rather than existence.

So, in a bit, I’ll turn in my badges, corporate cards, laptop, blackberry, and access cards, and walk out the door into an entirely different existence for which I’m well-suited. I’m really grateful for this experience, but I’m really excited about where I’m headed.

As Anne would say, it’s “an epoch in my life”.