Last Day

I spent a full day yesterday working, and today (Sunday) I will work about half a day in the office before scooting on up to join the family.   I will have to stop into Mobile quickly at some point to turn in my badge and such, but otherwise I shan’t be back again, except perhaps for occasional visits.

Meanwhile, a study just came out saying Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana are the three worst states for working moms.  While it is nice to feel validated (i.e. I am not just being a wuss, social scientists agree that this is a terrible place for me) – the sad thing is that Alabama is # 48 and Louisiana is # 50, meaning I’m actually going down a few pegs with this move.  However . . . I think New Orleans is vastly different from the rest of the state, in a way that Mobile/Birmingham are NOT different from the more rural parts of AL. I expected that Mobile would be more cosmopolitan than the rest of Alabama.  This did not prove true.  C’est la vie.

In 9 days, we will be moving ourselves into the new/temporary place.  6 days after that, I start my new job.  And off we go, into the wild blue yonder.