It's taken years, but I've finally done it. I've found a new job and gave notice at work. I gave three weeks, which is longer than a lot of people would have given, but I really want to help get someone in to replace me.

The outpouring of good will from other employees has been quite humbling. Fairly quickly after turning in my resignation, I started receiving phone calls from people in other offices, even those in other states. News definitely spread fast!

I made sure to meet with the man who brought me into the firm 14 years ago, before I went to speak with my current boss. I started out working for the president of the company and he taught me a lot. I wanted him to know how grateful I am for all the opportunities he has given me over the years. I have a lot of respect for him and his wife and it was important to me that he know that. We had a very good meeting and he was exceedingly sweet. His main question to me was "are you going to a good place?". Later in the day, he took time out of his schedule to come see me ask if it went okay telling my boss. I was touched.

I'm very excited about my new job. After all these years, I'll be returning to the land of the living! No more going to sleep between 7-8pm and getting up at 3:45am. I'll be able to go out at night and maybe even do stuff before going to the office in the morning. My new bosses look like they are going to be amazing. Through the entire process of interviewing (we're talking over two months), their main concern (apart from my qualifications of course) has been whether or not I will be happy. When we talked about vacation time, they asked if three weeks would be enough. I laughed and said that I wasn't used to taking vacation and they were aghast. They made it part of our agreement that I had to take at least two of the weeks. They even said they would make sure I took time off. How great is that?

I'm hoping that since I'm giving so much notice that we can hire a replacement and I can help get training done. I really want everything to go smoothly and that I'm able to leave with grace and no hard feelings.