The Last Day

Today was my last day with Merrill Lynch.  It was the perfect definition of bitter sweet.  I am going to miss everyone I work with more than I can imagine.  For the past eight years, I have spent exponentially more time with my team members than any other person in my life.  And when I look back at everything that has transpired, all I can think about are the laughs and good times we had along the way.  I feel like that alone is the definition of success.  

I do, however, continue to be ridiculously excited about landing in Floripa on Wednesday and starting my new life.  Today was probably the most brutal day of all time for me as I packed up my condo and tried to stuff my entire life into two suitcases (which I discovered was physically impossible), but all I could think about was the light at the end of the tunnel.  You have to sacrifice to get the things you want.  I finally feel like all of the hard work I have put into this move over the past two months is about to pay off. So now I'm home free, as they say, and ready to let the good times begin....

After all of the packing and the mayhem of tomorrow night, I may have to spend my first week in Floripa resting on the beach.  In order to get the most out of this, I'm going to model my strategy after the fine work of my main man P-Down.