The lasts

 It's been a month of lasts.  Today was my last install into my legacy system.  Tomorrow will be my last data conversion.  It's strange, but I'm ready.  I'm starting to make schedules and plans on what I want to accomplish my first month not working full time.  I've been buying paint and the things I'm going to need for a super deep clean and painting.  This weekend I'm planning on get the dresser that has been hiding in the garage out and get it prepped to paint.  I haven't done a project like this since Sprout was born and I'm so ready.  

The basement is calling my name too, to start sorting things out and taking stuff to goodwill or putting them back for the fall 4H sale.  I think it might get stiffed this year just so I can get things cleaned out and arranged while I have the time.  My closet and storage totes are going to be shrunk down.  I'm hoping in half since I won't need office type clothes as much.  It's time to just be ruthless about what is in my closet.  I have way too many clothes.  Shoes are a hard thing for me.  I love shoes and really do have too many, but it's the hardest area for me to purge.  I wear a lot of different ones all the time so it truly is hard for me to decide.  

A long time ago I received some salvage trim as a gift.  I've been wanting to get it all cleaned up and painted so that as I paint a room in the house the cheap trim comes out and the nice old trim goes in. I'm going to try as hard as I can to make this happen this year.  I'm hoping that as FarmBoy see progress on all of my plans that he's happy and wants me to continue.  There are several house projects that need done that no one has the time to do and I'm hoping to get to them.  I know I'm biting off more than I can chew, but if I do it in little nibbles then I think I can make a big difference by the time snow flies.  At least that is my current plan.

During all of this I need to sew a quilt that I've had cut for years that FarmBoy is waiting on.  I've got a plan on how to do this so that he doesn't know I'm doing it.  It's hard to keep secrets in the tiny 2 bedroom house that we have, but I'm determined to do it.  Now I need to get Sprout on board with all of this.  When she sees that I'm really serious I think she will get on board a little easier so this all depends on me.  I'm so ready at least I think I am.......

The countdown has started.

 The countdown to my last day at work has started.  The panic is starting to grow.  I'm involved in some data conversion that has to be tested and done before I go and things are getting a little behind.  Not due to my fault, but in my opinion too many people in the mix.  I'm sympathetic to a point.  Another staff member took a job in another state and he is leaving before I do so they are I think more in a panic over this one than me, but it's coming.  

I'm just cruising and doing what I can, but not committing to anything new.  I'm also slowly emptying out my office.  It's become obvious that is what I'm doing now since it's starting to look a little bare.  It's enough that people who aren't in my building often have noticed.  I don't want to leave things until the last minute.  It's just not my style.  Sprout has been eyeballing my pile of technical books and ran off with one they other day.  I'm not sure where I'm going to put them all so they are just laying against a wall near my desk.  My new office isn't done yet so I think they will be going there, but just not yet.

This weekend is clean off the back desk and try to get some organization going.  It's starting to drive me nuts back there.  FarmBoy is not good with office organization and I've been neglecting it too much lately.  It's got to change.  I'll be glad when the new office is done and the back entry/office is not such a dumping ground.  I'm ready for it to be a little more organized for sure.  The big desk takes up a lot of room.  It's going away and I'm using tables and cabinets in the new office space.  

I've had a couple of offers for consulting so I'm sure I'll pick something at the end of the summer.  Everything can be done from home so that's a positive and I'll definitely need the new office space.  

School is out and Sprout is at home working her livestock and cleaning out her room.  She is purging things that don't fit, etc.  I'm glad that I don't have to make her do it this year.  Hopefully she's doing some laundry before I get home today too, maybe.........

Food poisoning sucks!

 Well, Friday a bunch from my office went to our favorite Mexican place.  I ordered chicken tacos and boy did I pay for it.  Mind you we go to this place frequently so I'm pretty disappointed.  I spent the weekend in bed or the bathroom.  I'm at work today, but very tired and my stomach is still pretty tender.  I think I will stick to ground beef from now on and maybe skip this place all together for awhile.  

One of the guys from my office announced he is leaving before I retire.  It's going to be strange to be here without him.  He's big part of what is good that is happening around here.  I'm trying slowly step back and now it won't be so easy.  I'm not offering to pick up anything.  It just wouldn't be fair to the business for him to leave and me 4 weeks later.  I'm just trying to finish out what I'm working on right now.  The department won't be the same by the end of the year.  

  

The count down has begun.

 Since school is almost out I have been getting more and more questions about when my last day is at work.  Some days I think I'm ready and some days I'm not.  I have a list of things I want to do at the house before school starts up again and it keeps growing and growing.  The first is to get my garden planted.  The potatoes are in but nothing else is.  It just has turned off warm enough to plant here and I'm itching to get to the green house and get plants.  

Other days I'm not sure I will have enough to keep my mind sharp.  I've been offered some consulting work that I probably will do once school starts up again.  FarmBoy is a little hesitant about me not having some sort of job to keep me busy as well.  I'm not worried.  I think I will have enough.  There are things I just don't have time to do at home that don't get done that will more back on my list.  Sewing is one of them.  I've been wanting to do more lap quilts for gifts and I just don't have time.  I've got most of the fabric so I'm ready to get moving.  I've been creating a list lately.  I want to get my home organization book going too so that things won't fall off my little lists.  Meal planning more is also on my list.  I could go on and on, but maybe those should be other posts.  

Where is the warmth???

 Spring just isn't staying around where I live yet.  It has been a cool kind of wet spring.  FarmBoy has planted potatoes, but it's too cool to plant anything else.  He bought some seeds but we haven't even tried to go to the greenhouse to get plants.  My little greenhouse is starting to take shape.  I'm hoping he gets it done this week so I can start some seeds there.  

I'm continuing to clean out my office.  I'm left with books and a few things that I will be taking home that I'm still actively using so it will be last minute.  The word has gotten around and there are loads of people asking loads of questions on who will be doing my job, what am I going to do, etc.  It's a bit overwhelming.  I'm really ready for it to be done and onto the next thing, but I have to be patient and work the process.  One last company picnic in June and that will be my last official company event.  Sprout is looking forward to it.  She's getting really excited.

I'm starting to plan my days and figure out what the new routine will be.  I've started looking at new recipes and cleaning schedules, etc.  I think the kid and I will be setting up an online store to sell off things that we declutter out of the house.  She's grown out of some expensive clothes and shoes that we could turn a good profit.  If that goes well then we might consider thrifting and yard selling to keep the store going.  It could provide some extra money when needed.  I've been thinking about it for awhile now and we just need to pull the trigger and get going.  

I've got several sewing things to do already and I can't wait to have the time to do them.  I have owed FarmBoy  a quilt for a longgggg time.  It's cut but I just haven't had time to sit and sew it.  It's one of the first things I'll be doing when it's too hot to do things outside in July.  There's other things coming like blogging more often.