A New Beginning

Well, I did it.  I trusted in the universe and stepped off that cliff.

I returned to work today to find 160 emails, most of which were revolving around the fact that the big project we've been working on has been derailed because "the wrong version of Citrix is installed."

Excuse me, but that is the version I got directly from the vendor—the same vendor who was now telling us that it's the wrong one.

This meant that all the work I'd done over the last month, reimaging machines in both our facilities—has been wasted. Adding insult to injury, the interim IT Director has decided that Windows 7 needs to be rolled out NOW instead of after this project is in place. I hadn't even gotten through all the emails before I had one of the project testers standing in my cube telling me I had to call the vendor NOW and get this sorted out.

I told her I needed to meet with my director first. After she left, I texted Ben and said, "I'm quitting."

"Today?"

"Yes."

I went out to my car and called him. While I know he has his own concerns about temporarily cutting our income in half, he said he backed me one hundred percent and to go ahead and do it.

I grabbed my parking pass, went back into the building, gathered up my keys and key cards, and went to the IT Director's office, where I put it on his desk and I told him I was giving notice, effective immediately. He said he understood completely.

We walked over to HR and I turned in my stuff.

No one seemed the least bit upset—or even surprised. No one even asked why. I guess they've chewed through so many IT people over the years this was almost expected. There wasn't even an exit interview.

And so begins the next chapter.