Last Day in Myrtle Beach

It was our last day in North Myrtle Beach and I wanted to take one last spin around town. It was raining so I think we mostly stayed in the car because we are very dainty people.

The Job is Dead. Long Live the Job!

My last day at my job at PillarRx had arrived.

The heehaw republican governor of Missouri divied up the vaccine supply based on county despite the fact that there are many counties where no one lives, and those that do often don't want the vaccine anyway. There's been a lot of criticism as a result. 

I logged off my work computer for the last time. We've been a remote workplace since I returned from Kenya in March, so it's super weird to just log off and that be the end of it. In normal times we would have had a farewell party. Oh well.

We farted around Broadway at the Beach again. It's such a nice place.

Lydia got a new job too so we got some celebratory treats for her.

Watery Mini Golf

To complement the ridiculously fancy shopping complexes in the Myrtle Beach area there's also about ten mini golf places. I did some reconnaissance prior to choosing the perfect themed place to play tiny sports. Some of them weren't open because it's the off season. Others didn't have an outdoor area to pay (not getting no cooties thank you very much).

Rainbow Falls Golf won the game.

So nautical.

Our corner of North Myrtle is called Cherry Grove.

I'm not sure why the world needed a lawyer themed brewery but here we are.

New Job and Some Shopping

I read that the Myrtle Beach area had some pretty serious shopping and entertainment opportunities. I didn't want to go "inside" of any of them but why not take a stroll nearby?

On one of our strolls I spotted a box of glass next to a recycling area. This being a fairly fancy neighborhood I had to check it and as I suspected, it was chock full of treasures. I now drink beers out of some artsy wine glasses.

I was very impressed with Broadway at the Beach. It was almost up to the Vegas level of fancy fantasy buildings everywhere. This building was upside down for example.

All of the stores and attractions were built around a lake.

I guess WonderWorks is some sort of sciencey education entertainment place.

Myrtle Beach is kind of like a non-hillbilly Branson or Pigeon Forge.

The water really made the lights pop.

The rest of this stuff was whatever, but not being able to see the Simpsons stuff wounded me deeply. I need to come back to this place if... civilization continues. I'd even come back in a post apocalyptic zombie situation really a la Zombieland.

Just like every single place here was awesome.

These are the sort of ads I would make if I was in the business. They are sort of making fun of consumerism while also participating in it.

I got a job offer at U.S. Bank! I bought a few small beverages to celebrate. I actually had two offers at the same time this time around which was a good spot to be in. I don't like to use the word career because it feels pretentious but... I'm feeling much more confident with the direction I'm headed in with my work and the master's degree I'm slaving away on. I don't remember the exact timeline but Lydia changed jobs in South Carolina as well. This work vacation thing we're on ended up being a gateway and our lives would be different when we returned home.

The situation at my current job has been deteriorating. I got a new boss who imagines my responsibilities as being very limited. It was weird because it kind of felt like I was being pushed out but he seemed surprised when I put in my notice. The employee/manager relationship is an intriguing animal.