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2 - working out the week

2 - working out the week I would work out my two weeks and then call it a day, then next day when I walked out that door I would hop the bus that came through once a week for the west coast and leave

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2 - working out the week

I would work out my two weeks and then call it a day, then next day when I walked out that door I would hop the bus that came through once a week for the west coast and leave, leave the city behind, the noise the smells and the concrete to travel north beyond the lights to a land where I would hope to find my soul to find my human again.
To leave it all behind, was this the thing to do or was it better to just well be, I think I was going to see myself drive out from the city, get to a divide in the road and turn left to the coast,
I know I was leaving a lot of hard work behind and what I had been doing for almost the last 30 years, but it was a move that needed to be made, the two weeks at first seemed to pass slowly than all of sudden things were getting closer.
Not many at work I felt would miss me or if they were going to, they were keeping it very quiet,
Each night I would come home and just tidy up things in my life that I would be leaving behind and when I got the chance looking at maps and palling where I was to go, the whole aspect of not being so sure of where I was going was so inviting I do have to say,
I was looking forward to that just taking it one day at a time no latter what came along even if it was to be tough at times or lonely, I wanted to be able to chart my own course and that is something that was more and more making my soul feel so happy and at peace with what I was doing,Though I made sure to always focus on what I was doing at work it was becoming less and less that driver for life and that was so good.
I know some people I would miss but maybe when I got settled I would tell them where I was now or maybe I would just start again,
The final day was getting closer and maybe it was starting to come up a little fast I thought as I watched the traffic stream out of the city after another day of just following the rule of what one had to do when being an adult,
That made me smile maybe with this escape that was coming I was moving on from so much drudgery or maybe not.I think I had found where I would aim for when I turned away from the towers of concert and glass, it was a quiet looking little bay that was just over a 3 day drive along the coast or so that is what it looked like as when I left I wanted to also not be to strict on myself as who knows maybe I would want to keep going,
It was the old saying that maybe no plans are the best plans :)
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