I'm quitting my job, and I'm thrilled about it. Wholefoods is a great company- far from perfect, but still great, and working there has been nice. Still, I never really knew why I was there. I've gotten really into eating super healthy, so I'm perfectly situated for that, and my coworkers are great. There are reasons to hang onto it, but not really good ones. The paycheck can come from elsewhere. The social environment is replaceable, at least in terms of the satisfaction it brings me. The discount is nice, but getting paid more than $10.50 an hour would be even better. A lot of the customers are awesome, and a lot of them make me question the idea of the service industry. I'll have more to say about life at the store at some point, but at the moment I just want to publicly exhale.

When I quit in a week, I'll have been there for almost two years. Whenever I think about it, I get a mental shiver (a good one). It's like I've been wearing the same t-shirt for the last 23 months, and I finally get to change.

I got a fellowship with the Obama campaign. I'm not sure how long my involvement will last- 6 weeks at a minimum, November 5th at a max. I don't know what I'll do when I'm done, but I think I'd like to do more for my world and my self than maintain piles of bananas, broccoli and the like.