Wow, yesterday was my last day of work...and it was weird! I actually thought it would just feel like I was leaving for a long weekend or something, but it definitely did not. Three and a half months isn't really that long, but Empowerment could be a very different place to me when I get back. I know there will at least be a couple new people on staff for one, and I'm praying my office doesn't get moved while I'm gone! Plus I know it will take awhile for me to readjust, and there might be a degree of culture shock. For that reason I made sure to give myself a couple weeks between my return to Denver and my return to work. I think that time will be very helpful to settle myself back in. In addition it will allow me to catch up with the first week of school I'll be missing and participate in the Democratic National Convention (which I plan to both protest and volunteer for, I'm still trying to decide if thats hypocritical). Anyway, I didn't think work was something I'd miss. It's probably not the work as much as the people.

Now I'm just running errands all over the place before my subletter moves in for good this afternoon. Thanks to a good morning call from Jared I was up at 7:21, even though I could have easily slept another hour. Thanks buddy. I feel very accomplished already, which is good because the more I think about what needs to be done yet the more overwhelmed I'm getting. I probably shouldn't be blogging when my fridge still needs to be cleaned out, my floors swept, and my bag repacked, but this is a lot more fun than those things :) Wish me luck!