No more work!

I woke up today excitedly because guess what?  I don't have a job anymore.  It's nice and relaxing knowing that I don't have to work (admittedly only 2 days at work) at a job that stressed me out, the customers that were rude, abusive or just plain annoying.  The job was boring, which is a bit of an issue for me.  I really need a job that I find interesting.  I guess most jobs are at least a bit boring after a while, but this job was repetitive.  Doing the same thing 300 times a day is not fun.  So that leaves me a lot of spare time to get things done before I leave the country.  I really need to "pull my finger out" and get started on the list of things. 

Probably the first thing would be to tell the owner of my place that I'm going.  I do have this fear that I'll change my mind and not go overseas.  If I give notice, and then change my mind, that means that I'm out of my place with nowhere to go.  I really love this place, I'll miss it when I leave.

I guess I'll miss some of the things about work, mainly the other people, and the routine I guess.  The pay was pretty good for what type of job it was (low to medium skill) and obviously I'll miss that.  But I should have never stayed in that job as long as I did.  It was meant to be a temporary job, then the global recession happened, I used that as an excuse to stay in the job.  5 and a bit years later, I finally left.

As a celebration yesterday, for lunch I had a box of chocolates.  I should do that more often, for special events.

Lump removal

Something that I've been thinking of doing - for a long time, has been getting my facial lump removed.  It's not large, maybe 2-3mm across, but it's entirely noticable.  That is, if I take my glasses off.  If I am wearing my glasses, it's not really noticeable.  I guess I noticed it maybe 15 years ago, but you know how it is, if something grows slowly, you don't always notice it properly.  Then, I bought a digital camera, and started taking photographs of my face (film cameras were too expensive to take such photos).  Guess what I noticed?  My lump.  The reason I started noticing it was because it was on the other side of my face.  Looking in the mirror, it was on one side of my face, now in a photo, it's on the other side, and that change makes a difference.  I planned to have it removed. 

Given that I got a digital camera in 2003, it's taken a while for me to get around to getting it done.  I went to a cosmetic surgeon, and have it removed.  Apparently, it's a mole.  It's white.  The actually removal was simple enough, it was a nice feeling to know that it was gone, although I couldn't look in the mirror for about half a day - I'm queasy about things like that.  A week later, I got the stitches removed.  There is a scar, but that area of my face is good for repairing the skin, and it's expected that the scar will disappear to some degree in a while. 

I am perfectly happy with my decision to have it done.  Sure, it's a lot of money (about $1000), but totally worth it.  Take off my glasses, and you'll immediately notice it.  Now, I need to start working on my posture.