So the Virtual Yard Sale ended today.  Nothing was sold.  Came close a couple of times, but no sale.

And I’m actually okay with that.  As the weeks went by, I realized that it was just so much harder to part with these things for money.

In other news, I had my last day at my job today as well.  It was a short term thing and an interesting learning experience.  What did I learn?  I learned some new skills as it pertains to the Internet — things I might be able to utilize in the future.  But mainly, I learned that I’d like that to be the last call center job I have for some time to come.  It’s far too stressful on me because I get frustrated when people blame me for their mistakes.  Not to mention that the things they were using are really not great tools anyway.

So where do I go from here?  Well, I get something resembling a couple of days off then it’s off to Tucson for a day to perform in my last handbell concert as a ringer. (And this time, I mean it!) I’ve had a good run behind the tables over the years, but age has started to catch up with me and it’s time to leave that particular joy to younger hands.  Besides, if this concert’s a success I’ll be going out on top… and there’s nothing wrong with that.

It didn’t really hit me until I got home from the office today.  This move is really happening and I am going to take the plunge into a new phase of existence.  It’s a paradigm shift for me — the full-tilt, head-on confrontation with the world that I think every person pursuing their dreams first encounters because they are suddenly fighting against the easy flow of passivity, as if they are pushing against the spin of an existential hurricane.  But if they keep at it, keep wading upstream, eventually they find the eye of the storm and discover their path…

Was that too kitschy?  I was feeling very reflective this afternoon…