I Decided to watch ‘Vanilla Sky’ as I had rented it the week before, but hadn’t watched it yet. I contemplated that if I watched it, it would be a late night and hard to get up in the morning; I decided to watch it anyways. The movie was awesome and seemed ironic now that I was taking control of my life.

I went to bed and set my alarm so that when I woke up I’d have enough time to call into work and say I wasn’t coming in. I ended up staying in bed and not opening my eyes until 10, many hours after I was supposed to call into work. When I eventually called in, I asked for the manager and said, “I’m sorry that I was late but I wouldn’t be coming in today… I quit.” Twice in a row.

My now ex-manager was pissed and said, “Best you don’t come in after being so late.” Good thing I called, I probably would have been fired if I went in.

Later that day I told mom that I quit; she was not pleased even though it seemed like she had said it was alright the day before. She asked, “When did you call?” Not thinking too much I said, “Just now, I must have slept through my alarm.”