Last Day at Aaron's - I'll miss these guys.

So, today was my last day at the job I've had since June 2006. I was fed, I was caked, and I was carded. Major dawww moment.





Card was designed by one of our graphic artists who I've gotten along with wonderfully the whole time. I love it. Signatures are a bunch of the folks who worked with me or knew me at HO.

I'll miss you guys, but my elevator into the Ivory Tower has just arrived!

Mixed Feelings

So, I hinted at a big piece of news on twitter last night and this morning - so here it is. I got the teaching job at Georgia State I interviewed for.

On the one hand, I'm overjoyed. It means 1) I don't have to feel like a total failure for not getting into a PhD program this year, and 2) I have a much better paying job than my current one. I can leave my cube job behind, move on to do what I want to do with the rest of my life, etc.

On the other, I'm both embarrassed and sort of depressed about it. I had a good friend also apply for the job, and he didnt get it. I feel like a bit of a prick that I got it and he didnt, because he's just as deserving of it as I am. Too, it means leaving the job I currently have, and love, even if it isnt what I want to do with my life. I feel as if I'm abandoning my boss, though I am trying to get her a good replacement. So, I am sort of left with this odd feeling of guilt and regret on having gotten this job.

I'm sort of bleh now, but happy bleh.