jianantonic | Quitter

I resigned two jobs today. I told the bridge folks that I am done caddying forever and ever, don't call me, I'll call you, except I won't, see ya later, etc. But that was friendly and fine with everyone. I'm just moving up the ladder to be a tournament chairperson now, and everyone is cool with this. I spoke on the issue of caddies in the MABC board meeting, and I felt all kinds of important, even though no one got my point, because they have not walked in caddy shoes. Oh well. I'll try to drive it home at the next meeting.

But about that other job...

This is not a story for a public forum, so I'm not going to tell it here, but I will say this. I really enjoyed my time at that job up until the last few weeks. I believe this dynamic changed when I asked for a change of situation. To sum it up, my boss was a lot more agreeable and supportive on the surface than he was in reality. I sort of suspect he's known since the first day we discussed it that I would leave before we ever drew up a contract for 2008 and onward -- not because I would quit (that was never my intention) -- but because he made up his mind to drive me out at that moment, and he did.

I could have stuck it out and tested the waters of contract work, but it reached a point where I did not trust him to stick to the terms we'd originally discussed, and being miserable as I was, this was not a viable option any longer. McKenzie has solid work these days, I have income from other ventures, and I have some savings built up. This is going to be okay.

I am really excited about spending the day tomorrow doing whatever I please. That will be nice. I was really dreading not having a weekend this week, thanks to the bridge tournament -- which, btw, was GRUELING. I did get to play more than I thought I would, but less than I'd have liked. I fell in bridge love with Chris Moll, which is not a sexual love, but a very strong attraction to his card game, and I hope that I get to play with him much more in the future. Though I still prefer McKenzie, of course, and I'm not just saying that because I have to.

Now that it's over, though, I can honestly say (and I really didn't think I'd be able to say this before the week began) that I had a good time.

Peace.