An Odd Day

Today several very strange things happened. First, while moving some items from my parents garage to the basement, I must have left the door open long enough for a bird to fly in. After stealthily chasing the bird around the house with a laundry basket, I managed to corner it in the kitchen and guide it back to the outside. Then later on I heard about my uncle and his dog. His dog was taken to the pet hospital overnight for some sort of pancease problem. Then my uncle had to go to the people hospital for a swollen testicle due to some sort of allergic reaction. The word going around was that it blew up to the size of a softball. Very strange goings on, indeed.

Three Years Later

Today marks the third anniversary of my employment at my first "real" job out of college. In some sort of poetic justice, this anniversary also marks my last check that I will ever get from my former company. Since I have decided the take the summer off of real working, it will be my last "real" paycheck for a while. Thinking about not having a steady stream of income has made me uncomfortable several times after thinking about it, but I think removing yourself from the working world for a bit is something that everyone should do. Taking some time to work on your craft, whatever that may be, helps put you in a place where you can really make a better decision on where you want your life to go. When stuck in the day to day tasks you never really get a chance to look at the big picture and think about if what you are doing is what you are suppose to be doing. Hopefully I am not being too optimistic and this summer will provide me that opportunity.