This past week and a bit has been "barn clean-up week" at the turkey barn where I work. This is turkey code for "work every day, doing harder work than usual for the same wage."

Today I was unclogging a drain, literally elbow-deep in poo and straw and God-knows-what else, when I thought "why the **** am I doing this?" So once I finished, I let my boss know I'd be quitting. I decided I'll work a few of my regular shifts into the school year (it's a weekend job) just to rake up a bit of extra cash before my sole source of income disappears, but basically, I am happy for once. I work tomorrow and Tuesday (which will be more drain-unclogging, getting-painful-lime-burns-on-my-arms-and-feet fun), then it's back to just weekends right up until my last day.

Sept. 17 = Turkey Liberation Day.