Marquis' Weblog

I finally hit the end of the tunnel

What's up, y'all. I know it's been a while since I wrote an entry, but that's because I wanted to make sure I had something worth writing...and, after this past Friday, I do. That day was my final day at FGM Inc and I'm officially unemployed and I'm probably the most happy unemployed mofo in the world right about now :-D

My last month at work was brutal because I was given almost no tasking during that time. I guess my managers didn't want to give me anything that I wouldn't be able to finish in my last weeks, so I spent most of that time at my desk trying to look busy. Basically, I spent 4-5 weeks chatting on IM, surfing the Web, catching up on emails, and calling people to pass the time. I know that sounds like it would be fun, but it is torture to have to drive 35 miles every morning to sit at work and let your brain atrophy. Also, I think I wrote about how I'd heard that people were talking trash about me because of my impending departure, so that made it tough as I approached my last day.

On my last day, I knew that my deputy program manager (He isn't the one that was talking junk about me earlier...he's the guy directly below the program manager who had been talking ish) had planned a going away lunch for me, but I didn't expect to see more than 4 or 5 people there. Boy did I have that wrong...a whole gang of folks came out to show love for The Kid. We started off with 9 people, but people just kept showing up and, when it was all said and done, there were 25 people in attendance. That may not seem like much, but the company only has about 220 people, so I had over 10% of the company come out to send me off. When i left the office that day, I really felt like most of the people I'd come in contact with there appreciated me and, despite the few haters, I think I will be able to look back at my time at FGM Inc. with many good memories. I'm going to miss a lot of the folks I worked with, but I know that the ones I care about will be pulling for me as I make this next step in my career development. Now, I have to get used to life without a paycheck...and I'm terrified of going back to being a broke mofo for a couple of years :-(