My milk has a longer shelf life than my job.

It's true!  The milk I bought today has a Jan 5 [2015] expiration date and that Monday will be my second day of non-employment. Because January 1 is a holiday and at least some folks, including the good people at my current employer, will go back to work on January 2.

I am not sure how to describe my employment status.  Semi-retirement...career hiatus...it's definitely time-off.  I am eager to go to bed and drift off thinking of photography in the Red Desert instead of budgeting on Bunker Hill.