Transition

Last Wednesday was my last day at MegaLaw. The exit was bittersweet. Honestly I've loved my group, the people I have worked with directly have been fantastic, and it is both sad and terrifying to leave that, even if I know it's so what I should do, what makes the most sense. They took me to lunch and got me a cake. I made them cake balls and gave them handwritten thank you notes, which they all thought was old-fashioned and "quaint" but mostly I got emotional and I couldn't imagine saying the thank yous I wanted to say face to face without losing it, so I wrote them down.

I left the office around 3:00, and my six-day weekend, unemployed, began.

DC was awesome. Highlights included sleeping past 9:30, seeing a movie, getting a fantastic massage, and getting to hang with my girl Meg and meet some of her friends. Lowlight was the 7:00 am flight on Saturday morning after hanging with Meg and her friends on Friday night - wow, I'm such a mom.

This weekend was pretty normal, although I did miss French toast breakfast. (sadface). We had an event at the church on Saturday (Exodus Fair - it was pretty cool - groups of people set up booths highlighting different parts of the Exodus story. Ours was a shuffleboard-like game where kids shuffled Baby Moses through reeds. Funny, and less informative than others, but very fun) and then we all took a long (3 hour!) nap. We went to the park in the afternoon. Sunday after naptime we went to the zoo. (We are members and it was SUCH a good idea - Eden is super into it).

Monday I got to hang out with a friend who has a very new baby. It was her first day home alone and so I got to help her out. She has a 2.5 year old who is seriously one of my favorite kiddos. He's easy and fun and so freaking smart it's crazy. He talks as well as Eden, and I think he actually knows more about a lot of stuff than she does. He loved my get-you bugs. :) And it was sweet to hold a newborn (and hand her back at the end of the day!).

Today I did two sewing projects (I upcycled old shirts of mine into dresses for the girls - it's my new favorite thing) and ran a few errands. And caught up on my DVR (mostly).

I could get used to this whole not working thing, I think. Except for that whole not working = not getting paid thing. That kinda sucks. But being untethered for a few days was exactly as awesome as I thought it would be.

Now tomorrow I start the new job, at BigLaw. I'm excited, nervous, and a little bit terrified. Should be good, right? :)