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.........