Thanks, man. But aside from the fact in itself that is was seven 12-hour shifts (another guy who works out in the plant told me the other night when he came to my lab to bring me work said that he lost count of how many nights straight he is currently on, just that it is somewhere between 10 and 15 O_O ), those nights weren't too bad.
Still, as I hinted to
@bèlla earlier when I spoke of making changes to my life, I have chosen to leave Albemarle. My last day will be two Fridays from now. I don't know where the Spirit is leading me from here, except perhaps to go North in general, but I am trusting Him. It isn't because I hate Albemarle overall, despite my complaints here and there about this job over the last five to six years. I actually have really good memories there and it does pay very well. There's good and bad with pretty much every work location, after all.
There's a lot I have to say about the mental struggles I'd been having over the last few months while working there and living in this town, Magnolia. (It was a good place to go back to after so many years, and I am happy that I did. Among other things, there is the memory I have of the lovely Erin whom I adored for almost two years without regret, thanks to having come back to Magnolia to work at Albemarle.) But I really don't know how to relate all of those struggles. I think my reasons can ultimately boil down to just feeling it is time to move on. And to leave a job entirely is going to propel me to start focusing on the effort to make those changes, you know?
Luckily for the few people at work who found out about my leaving so far, they have expressed good will and a hint of sadness to see me go, which I was grateful for, and am thus assured that I am leaving on good terms with everyone. So again, while I have had my personal struggles there from time to time over the last five to six years, there is no bad blood between myself and anyone else, in their eyes or my own, it seems. So it's nice to leave on that note.
As far as I can tell neither Erin nor Mary - the two women I feel the most personal respect for - know about my choice to leave yet, but I will be sure to tell them good bye before I do, and that they were good friends and positive influences to have on my daily life working there due to their good and gentle natures.