1. Working in an office with people again
2. The commute (listening to audiobooks)
3. Starbucks (and a zillion other places) 5 minutes away
4. Cube sweet cube (I don't have a lot of personal effects since it's just a contract job for now)
5. Automatic filtered water (no more filling and refilling the britta pitcher all day long)
6. The cafeteria (it's like a mile and two sets of stairs away, but the food is amazing!)
7. My nice boss (she's very sweet)
8. My coworkers (they're all super nice so far)
9. An unlocked and unmonitored supply closet
10. The big, fancy building
11. The company shuts down the week between Christmas and New Year's (unpaid, but who cares!)
12. $$$ phat cash, baby
13. Kudos! (Boss took me aside to say how much she liked my writing)

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Today I was terminated from my job. What the hell does that mean, anyway. Sounds like a bug that got extinguished. Either way, that bug is me.

I guess I had been expecting it for a while. They weren't thrilled with my performance. Last review I was somewhat demoted and placed on probation for 3 months. Three months came and went and nothing. Then three more months came and went and I went away for work for two weeks and right after coming home, I received an ominous meeting invite and two days to sit and worry about what was going to happen to me.

And I went in to meet my boss and was delivered the bad news. And so this is the end of the line.

What am I going to do? Breathe a sigh of relief. And then I'm going to look for another job.

I don't think it's quite sunken in, yet. I'll let you know when it does.

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