OOO

[fox]

I did it: Earlier this week I saved all my personal stuff from my work computer on a thumb drive, made sure it worked on my personal computer, and scrubbed the work machine clean; today I forwarded myself the last of my emails, migrated my browser tabs, cleared my cache, and set an auto-responder saying (basically) "Um . . . bye!" Monday I will drive in to drop off the laptop and peripherals and pack out my office, and Tuesday I will go to the new place. (Unless the weather is so crappy on Tuesday that I work from home on my first day. They sent me a computer by courier this afternoon just in case.)

It's a long time since I've changed jobs; last time I left a job I hated, and nine months before that I got laid off from a job I liked, and before that I left a starter job to go to grad school—so this whole thing of choosing to leave a pretty good job where I've been fairly happy with co-workers I love is new and exciting . . . in a sort of Sondheimesque way.