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I<\/span>t’s at least quasi-official. After four months of contracts and extensions, I’m at the end.<\/p>\n

I’ll be unemployed a week from tomorrow.<\/p>\n

I will no longer be employed by the Archdiocese of Seattle.<\/p>\n

Time for an ale, methinks. Yea, perhaps several.<\/p>\n

Edited to add:<\/strong> Turns out all I’ve got is porter. Well, I’ll make the best of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s at least quasi-official. After four months of contracts and extensions, I’m at the end. I’ll be unemployed a week from tomorrow. I will no longer be employed by the Archdiocese of Seattle. Time for an ale, methinks. Yea, perhaps several. Edited to add: Turns out all I’ve got is porter. Well, I’ll make the best of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moments-in-time","category-vocation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/s1aGBK-drat","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37909,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/packs-and-flights-and-hats\/","url_meta":{"origin":46,"position":0},"title":"Packs and Flights and Hats","author":"Thom","date":"15 January 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Camino planning has taken a turn for the serious this week. 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