I have also just added an addendum to my August 9 (last day of work) post. You can find it below the dashed line on that day’s post, “Goodbyes are so hard.”
Addendum to addendum: The FIRST time I blushed on my last day of work was as I was orienting a group of nine people who wished to buy permits to enter the Fiery Furnace without a ranger. I was in the video room with them. Detecting a familiar accent in one gentleman, I asked, “Are you from North Carolina?” “South Carolina,” he drawled back. “Oh, my first kiss was in SC,” I blurted out before I could even think what I was saying. Everyone watched my very tan face turn red as I realized that I had just told this bunch of strangers something very personal! They laughed. I shook it off and continued the orientation process, chuckling. I am so darn professional.
