So long and thanks for all the fish

Today is a very bittersweet day for me. It's my last day of my job and it just stinks. To my surprise, my coworkers are taking me out to lunch today and it's a great gesture on their behalf and makes me feel pretty special. This may not be my favorite job ever, but this was certainly a good job and it made for a good experience overall. As for the future, I'm unsure. Sometimes I get the sense that everything will be okay and other times I get concerned. While I might not ordinarily worry, I can't help but be concerned because of the state of the economy and the job openings out there seem to want Bill Gates but only will pay $20k/year. I can't wait to get a job and be gainfully employed again.

No big plans for this weekend really. Before I got laid off, I think we were going to go TV shopping but I think we're going to hold back on any major purchases like that for now and wait and see how long I'm out of work for. Of course, if Marissa gets a new job before I, then that will be okay. But in the meantime we're going to be taking it easy for now. My mom reassured me yesterday when she said the first two years she was married they never did anything and only went out for dinner once a week. Thanks mom.

To be honest, this all feels like a weird dream. It certainly has not sunk in yet and I'm not sure when it will (probably next week when I'm playing video games at 11am instead of being at work). I hope this will just be one good story to tell down the road but I'm hoping for the best in the meantime.

Unrelated to my job status, I made it through another Yom Kippur! This year was by far the easiest. My master plan of uber-carb loading at Waffle House paid dividends because I wasn't really that hungry, even at dinner time! Of course, my ingesting of about 8000 calories and 80g of fat at Waffle House may have played a part in that process. As dinner approached last night I wasn't craving anything per-se, so I opted to just break my fast by eating at Chick-fil-a and enjoying some good old fast food.

Video of the Day (No, this is not how I went out of work, but one day I will):