Ray and I are now both officially unemployed! Well ok technically, Ray’s on a leave of absence. But for all intents and purposes, our butts are on the way to the poorhouse! And what a wonderful road there it’s going to be. We are definitely ready to STOP SAVING our money and start SPENDING it. [...]
Wow, here we go. Today marks a pretty pivotal day for me in regards to this trip. If I hadn’t said it before, or if you hadn’t heard it, today was my last full day at IBM. Tomorrow I begin my leave of absence, and I have a chance to start piecing together the rest [...]
Well, if anyone out there was doubting the eventual reality of this trip (ooh ooh! Pick me pick me!), today was the definitive last red-tape step. On Thursday, Mom called and confirmed flight times and dates (being a flight attendant, she’s helping us out with that portion – BIG time…thanks, MOM!!!), and today we received [...]
Today I went to a lunch/get-together one of my coworkers had graciously set up to celebrate my last full week before I take off on my “Leave of Absence”. The lunch begins at 11 and I, thinking that I know Tucson like the back of my hand (and should by now), leave the house with [...]
Yowzers! So yesterday was my last day of work. I would have written about it but I was too amped up with giddiness to sit still any longer, especially when I closed the day with my final voicemail message to my customers saying I was no longer with the company and telling them where they [...]
