On hiatus, a sabatical, a break... you know

So, I am officailly on a "break" from work. Not like a day or two off, but an actual break. No phone calls, no e-mails, no bugging Lynnie for three and a half whole days.

See, I had what many in the medical world would call a "meltdown" on Sunday of this past week. My little disaster resulted in me arriving at my store on my day off to hand in my keys, pack my stuff, and say my goodbyes. I did two of the three, but even the two were only partial, leave it to me to not have any follow-thru! I am/was at my wits end. Everything in me was boiling over. I wanted to never come back. I was scared but ready. I was/am insane. I was talked out of it.

I relenquished my angst when I tt a very near dear friend of mine, my sweet loving Angie. She, being my voice of reason, level-headed, think it thru friend, set me straight. She told me to tt my boss and tell him how I feel, which is just what I did for a very long phone call on Monday morning. I said things that were hard to say, and heard things I needed to hear. None of it was easy, but from my experience, most things in life worth having aren't easy.

All in all I still don't know if I will want to go back in on Friday, but the one thing I do know...

From being a part of the company for the years I have, I have gained a lot of things. A sense of responsibility, accomplishment, pride, and the occasional feeling of anger. More importantly I have gained SOMEONE thru this company that I would otherwise never know. She is the one who isn't afraid to tell me the hard things even when she knows I'm gonna cry. She's the one who gave me the little ring from the lost and found (reference pic below, this ring is STILL on my work key chain) and placed it on my pinky at the end of one crappy day and promised me it would get better. She's the one who calls me her "Sweet Dynn Lailey." She's the one who can make me smile from far away. She is my Angie.

So Angie, this blogs for you, the one who keeps me sane even from thousands of miles away, the one who has an unconditional love for her sweet, yet slightly unbalanced Dynn Lailey. I love you to the moon and back G. Thanks for always being there. If blogs could be hugs this would be a big one, you know, like when you just don't wanna let go, yeah, that kind of hug!

For those who are curious, here's proof I still have my keys...... and my BlackBerry(although, it is in "off"mode) Aww, see the little ring to the bottom of the corkscrewy chain thingy, that's Angie's "promise" to me!