At what point do you say, "this isn't OK anymore?" I've already made the decision to leave environmental consulting--I'm gone in two weeks. Two weeks. I am working on some nasty remaining projects though--one huge timber conversion to vineyard and one large remaining valley that has tons of archeologic resources (in my old town) to huge luxury homes.

Do I need to mention that I'm just ready to not be working? Yes, I agreed to stay until the 20th and feel that I 'must' fulfill that obligation. How I wish the time was spent doing small things, things that don't tug at my remaining sense of right-ness. I think what makes me most ill is that when I read the letters from landowners in opposition to these projects, my first thought isn't that they are right--but "what a pain in the ass these comments are." I can't let myself imagine having lived in a small forest community for 30 years and then have a huge Spanish wine-maker pop in and clear-cut 200 acres of forest. I can't image my driveway suddenly going through vineyard instead of redwood forest.

Instead, I'll go home and drink some good wine, dulls the senses.
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