Changing Seasons & Shifting Gears

With the summer succumbing to autumn this week, I felt this photo I took last Sunday fit the best for today.  Today marks my last day working in the Michigan Legislature for Senator Bruce Caswell.  Over the past twelve years I have worked for him both in the House and Senate and ran his Senate campaign.  Starting Monday, I shall work for the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.  This will be a significant change from the work I have done since I started as an intern in the Legislature in the autumn of 1994.  I hope the change suits me well, but only time will tell.  I do long for a little less stress that I believe this career shift might provide.  I have not quite wrapped my mind around the change, as the past few weeks at work seem to have been exponentially busier and stressful than I can remember.  I shall miss most of all working with some very extraordinary people and hope the chance to work with them again will come along in the future.

My Semiannual Office Flower Photo

I have succeeded in keeping the office flower alive long enough for it to flower again this year.  This is the third year and it has not really grown any bigger, which I blame on its pot.

Bottles

As you can see, I restocked our office supply of carbonated beverages last night!  It took a copy of trips, but all arrived without any spills.

Common Currency

A constituent wrote my boss today to demand that Michigan create an alternative form of state currency for when the United States government defaults on its bills and the dollar no longer has value.  It inspired me to photograph my spare change that sits in an old glass milk bottle on my desk.  I doubt Michigan will mint its own currency in the immediate future.