Yesterday was my last day at work. I caught many people off guard because they still had me on the schedule through next week. I actually got a little misty eyed. I thanked the handful of people who were actually nice to me and thanked me for the job I did for them. Jim and the girls in coordinator’s office drew up a card for me. It was sweet. I promised some people I would come back to visit after things get settled and I have extra time and money. 

Ruts are easy things to get into. And you can stay in them because they are familiar. I actually had trouble imagining life beyond those damn walls. Its only going to get worse for them. In an attempt to save money they are never going to make anyone full time, only temporary. So they now have a labor shortage because no one wants to work that shitty job for starting pay and no benefits. Like I did for 3 fucking years.

The others just ignored me or avoided me because they didn’t like me and knew that I could cuss them out. What are they going to do? Have me fired?

Today I packed more stuff for my move tomorrow. Ruth, who I always call Miss Ruth, took me out to lunch. She bought me groceries once when I was broke and forbid me from paying her back. She is sweet and always positive even after the way they treated her. Being the only Jewish woman in an all Baptist bakery was hell of Earth for her. Especially when they made Nazi holocaust jokes at her expense and still kept their jobs!

She took me to my favorite Chinese restaurant. I gave her a big hug and bid her goodbye.

I am probably going out tonight. There is a late showing of Jurassic World and I think I will go see it.

There is a problem the power at my new place. My mom won’t tell me the renter’s phone number so I can ask if the duplex has numbers other than the goddamn street number. But of course she can’t find it and is too busy to give it to me so I can’t do anything to solve the problem. You’d think I’d need to know that but I don’t. Its going to be all sorts of fun  when the rent is due.

But I can’t complain too much because she helped me get this place and get it set up.