Two weeks in....

Tomorrow will be two weeks since I semi-volunarily became a free agent.  That is, it's been two weeks since I've been laid off.

So, how have the first two weeks been?  And what have I been up to?

My predominant emotion continues to be one of relief.  After months of waiting, it's finally over.  And every single day I've had at least one involuntary grin as I feel the elation of realizing that the whole beautiful summer stretches ahead of me.

But....it isn't all roses.  Despite the fact that it was past time to leave,   I spent part of my first two weeks on feeling left out.   I'd cared passionately about the projects I'd been working on, and the projects that I hadn't been permitted to work on for the last year of that job.  I always care passionately about my work, if I enjoy it at all.  It's hard to just turn that off.