Monday, January 24, 2011

Horseface Steve: Time Traveler

My boss resigned today, or got fired.  The phrase "pursuing other opportunities" is deliberately vague.  I don't really care which occurred, I'm just glad to see the guy fouling someone else's habitat.  I confess to being irritated that he took so much time to chew me out when he knew he was out the door.  The guy really didn't like me.

Someone clipped my rental car in the last couple of days, probably backing out of a parking space.  There has been so much dirt and road grime and snow on it I really didn't see anything.  I'm sure this is going to cost me a lot of money, which is going to further feed my fear of financial insecurity, a beast with an inexorable appetite.

I have to get up at 4AM tomorrow to drive to a series of small towns: Hazard, Paintsville, West Liberty (I wonder if there is a Liberty proper?), Jackson, and Manchester.  My heart isn't in this any more.

The last month has been a steady stream of anxiety.  I feel like I did when I first got to college; I was so homesick that all I wanted was to go home. 

It's going to take some time.

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