I gave notice at work today. News is, I got a new job.

Reactions were varied, including:

• Heartfelt congratulations
• Closed door confessions
• Tears
• Secret hugs
• Thumbs up
• Scowls
• Shock
• Whispers of will you get me a job there?
• Panic
• Giddy laughter, as if three people leaving in a row is funny
• Jealousy, expected
• Jealousy, very very unexpected
• Possible sabotage
• Wails of Noooooooo!
• The silent treatment
• Talk of “too little too late”
• More hugs
• Suggestions on where to eat lunch
• Apathy
• Confessions of grudge held for three weeks
• Head on a desk
• Being left out of important decisions because now they no longer concern me
• An empty office, me in it, past 7:30 on a Friday night, feeling guilty, feeling excited, feeling scared, feeling anxious, feeling happy, feeling like after four years in one place it may be a small thing—a day job—but nothing will ever be the same again