The Lighthouse

So, um, the HR manager at work reminded me that last Saturday (September 15th) was my tenth anniversary at this company, which also has been the one and only company I have worked at in the states.  That means it has been exactly a decade ever since I started living on my own.

This is exciting and weird at the same time: Exciting because it feels as though I have reached some landmark or milestone (although no one knows whether I really did or not, in terms of achievement of life goals); weird because it doesn't feel that long since I started working here.  Only after it comes to me that my career started in 1997 (and it's now 2007) do I go “Holy crap, it really has been a long time!”