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February 26, 2012. Almost two months to the day before my triumphant exit from what I thought was my dream job. That was the date of my last post. Needless to say, based on my updated longitude and latitude, things didn't work out as I had planned in NC. In the interest of professionalism, I'll spare the details in a forum like this. But let me just say, the place I was working might as well have been modeled after every case study that a business student reads in an Ethics course. Trust me when I say that this place was like the Twilight Zone. I couldn't even have dreamed some of the terrible things that were taking place when I arrived. So, on April 25th, 2012, I, for the first time since I was 14 years old was not employed. I spent an entire month of my life doing anything and everything I wanted to do. I made the decision some time in those 30 days that I would follow my dreams and keep going. I had not failed, I stood up for what I believed in and refused to be a part of an organization engaged in things I couldn't be proud to put my name on. I should say, the 99% of the people I was working with/getting to know in NC were fantastic, but lord help the ones who were spoiling the apple cart. So, after my 30-day sabbatical in rural NC, I had an opportunity to go back to work for an amazing former employer (more on that later) and to follow my dream of opening my own event coordinating business. The second week of May, a moving truck arrived and I packed up my life and moved back west. Positive things I took away from NC- 1-I did the scariest thing I could ever imagine. I packed up and moved across the country alone. 2-I made one of the greatest friends in the world!! My little Southern Belle from Hell ;) 3-My pride and morals 4-Two really cute puppies 5-I learned to interpret another language. I could not be happier with the direction my life is heading right now...Kansas city, I'm home.