We Made It!

We crossed many rivers, including the mighty Mississippi; we climbed a few mountains and we made it across on Interstate 80 West, which was under construction in every state we zoomed through. Gilligan traveled like a pro! But he is currently hiding in our room at Dads. The car ride was one thing, but dogs are quite another.

Waiting on the moving truck..wondering where everything will go. Job search has already started. Will say more later once I have my computer set up.

K~

T-2

One more day until the moving truck arrives. I am almost totally packed except for the pots and pans.
Then onto cleaning..Yay..not. I am still in a quandary as to whether I sleep on the floor on Monday night after the truck has left, or finding a cheap hotel room locally. Not looking forward to my first sprint of the journey spent after sleeping on the floor all night, but do I want to spend money on a room? Decisions, decisions.

I don't have GPS so I found an atlas at the Walmart.(still cracks me up when people add "the" like it's the only one out there.) I figure the most difficult parts navigating will be around the bigger cities, the first being Pittsburgh. I intend to mark my passage in short Facebook posts, to keep friends apprised.
Being that I have an older smart phone that loses battery strength quickly, I'm crossing my fingers.

Charles Town has been good to me in it's way, I appreciate all the friends that I have made here, and the job that added to my skills. But I am looking forward to my new adventure, discovering new territory, making new friends. I won't miss the skunks though..both human and the regular basic striped ones.

Gilly has finally clued in to the changes, there was a fair amount of feline howling done tonight because his ratty old cat tower is not coming with us. I hope to find his highness another one that is not shredded. I'm sure that getting back to being outside some of the time will solve some of that, though Dad might start to wonder about his trees with claw marks on them. I have a sedative for the drive, though I would rather not have to use it. He'll be in the bathroom when the movers arrive, but I can remember him freaking out in there when we moved in here.(wedged between the vanity and the tub, turning himself upside down and panicking.

Not sure that I will be able to post here again once the move starts. My next entry will likely be in Colorado.

~K

If you know who is watching

If you know who is watching I'd suppose that he would be doing a jig..celebrating my departure. Good, happy for you. After all the blog entries I've written for you I guess that I have said it all before. I'm ready to move on and escape the last influence of your presence. I've enjoyed most of the time that I have spent in West Virginia, most of it. I made some awesome friends and found fulfillment in my work. I surprised myself by hanging in there and surviving your betrayal.
I can honestly say that I am leaps and bounds past where I was when you dumped me.

I am looking forward to exploring a new place instead of dwelling in the stomping grounds of your past. I hope that life brings you what you deserve, be it good or bad. (sort of ambivalent of that topic.)
I know that Karma has visited you and that you recovered. Good for you. The hate was one sided Sir. I struggled to make 'us' work for years. I don't believe that I failed, I do believe you bailed. Whatever,.. it is what it was. For whatever reason you chose to do what you did..I forgive you, because I AM stronger without you.  Trying to please you was slowly killing me, as there was no way I could please you, try as I did.

May you live..may you truly know yourself. And I hope that at sometime in your life you drop the bullshit and find honesty. Your Father was a good man. If you aim to emulate you better get stepping. He did not play games, and I liked that about him.

K

9 days

9 days left till my last day at work. They are looking at a lapse of Dual Rates after I am gone on swing. I feel for them, I feel badly that they will be so short. But it has happened before and they have survived. There would have been one left, but he, unfortunately, was demoted last Thursday due to his own actions, or lack of. I think if he had been a trifle more mature this would not have happened. But sadly he was not. It's going to be rough for them to get through this. They have known that I was leaving in July even though I officially gave my months notice in August.

Most of all I feel sorry for my team. I wish things were different for them as I hate leaving and knowing that they will have a hard road until staffing is fulfilled. I hope that they all know that this was not my intention, life just happened to make if more difficult. If I stayed until things got better I'd never be leaving, as there is always some issue or staffing problem there. Best wishes to all of my colleagues, I only want the best for you all.

K