I'm a Lame Duck

After getting into business school, it's becoming increasingly difficult to maintain focus at work. How can I concentrate when I know I'll be gone in a few months. My co-workers and managers know I'll be leaving (bad mistake to open my big fat mouth so early) so it just feels really awkward to continue working. This makes me wonder what lame duck politicians do when they are not re-elected. In those final weeks before they end office, they might as well just go on vacation because it's pointless for them to make decisions that would represent a constituency that didn't vote for them. Similarly, I wish I could take one big fat happy vacation (7 months) before school starts........ too bad I need to save more money and my lease on my apt doesn't end till May...............

The best part of being a lame duck - leaving work early. I would feel guilty, but there's nothing my manager can do. He wants to make sure I leave the company on good terms (the company definitely wants me to return) so he can't fire me. Part of me feels guilty for taking advantage of my situation, but after working my butt off for the past 4 years, nothing beats chugging beer at Harry's in Pac Heights on a Thursday.