An entry from my journal.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005
6:34 AM
    One of the last two days I will sit at this desk. I am mostly feeling fortunate and favored. I realize that this job and the one I'm going to next was part of Gods plan for my career and that I really just followed my nose. Still I can’t help the feeling of accomplishment I have. Sometimes I wonder if I am addicted to that feeling. I don’t think I am someone that can work at one place for twenty years. I have never left a company without a reason though sometimes the reasons have been because I just didn't like my job. I love where I am now but I have been offered more money, better benefits and fifty more days off per year. I hope I love it there. I think I will. Stay tuned.
    Yesterday was like old times. I sat around here and did mostly nothing all day like I plan to do today and tomorrow. I did have to go out and prove the 7D51 moisture analyzer but that’s about it. That’s mostly what I have done the three years I have been here. I do some PM's and occasionally fix one every now and then when they break. I find lots of things to do on the Internet. I do my bills. Learn how to do things I am interested in. I work on my web sites and make new ones. I read. I hardly ever get board. The only reason we have been so busy lately is because of the seven day drift testing. Things will get back to normal around here. I can’t believe I am leaving this job. I'm not really looking forward to tomorrow. I am looking forward to the four day holiday but not to saying good bye to everyone here. There are some people I will probably keep in touch with for a year or so by email and then that will fade away like always. There is only one person here I believe I might see now and then after tomorrow. I'm hoping to give him and some others inside info so they might come too. I believe there are only a few that might have a chance though. I hope I see Dave again but he lives far enough away that it seems unlikely unless he comes where im going. I believe that’s a possibility.
    When I got home Kibby had beef and bean tostados made. They were so good. Then of course I had some ice cream. After that we went to Walmart to get some of the things Kibby needs for Thanksgiving dinner. I got a new alarm clock, two one dollar calculators and some batteries. When we got home I tried and failed to remember how to upload the recordings off of my voice recorder. I recorded people yesterday and I wanted to do it again but the memory is full. I made some phones and went to bed. The outside alarm didn't go off last night.
    This morning Dave brought in sausage dogs, chili and a cheese cake for my going away party.
    I took pictures Saturday and Sunday to supplement my memory.
    It feels like I'm working on a holiday. Man I wish I was at home with Kibby and Stevie.
    I may have changed some of the wording to exclude names and specific places so this is a more generic version of my journal entry. Also there are some details that will only be in the master copy.