Unlike in years past, I am not vacationing between Christmas and New Year's this year; my injury and convalescence threw my calendar out of whack, and I also need to be available should we get the word, sometime over the next seven days, as to whether our team is well and truly dissolved (if so, my "vacation" will start on January 1). So it's back to work for ol' Kevin on Thursday. Moving always causes a lot of stress, and I imagine I'll at least have to move my own stuff out of the office. Meanwhile, we're finishing up the latest book in a textbook series that might not even end up being used by the company. That pretty much sums up my career at the Golden Goose: decent pay, but pretty much nothing we've created has been fully or purely implemented (i.e., without alteration by other, meddling hands and lesser minds). Oh, well: I went into this job knowing the education business was a racket, and that I wouldn't be changing hearts and minds. From obscurity to obscurity, basically. Put "fart in the wind" on my gravestone. All is vanity. Meanwhile, back to useless work.
Work is a means to an end, so it is never useless. Not meaningful perhaps, but harvesting a paycheck has its own kind of value. As a career civil servant, I did more than my share of "farting in the wind."
ReplyDeleteHaving the uncertainty resolved about your team's future will be a relief, even if it creates new uncertainties. I assume your preference is continuing with the status quo at Golden Goose, so perhaps you will be pleasantly surprised. The good thing is you have money in the bank, so that the worst-case scenario won't be so bad.
Here's to happy new adventures for you in the coming new year!
Good luck, at any rate. This should all make for some interesting dinner conversation in January.
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