So. Buehler and I had The Talk.

How long he intended to wait, I don't know, so I just got all proactive and introduced the subject myself. I figured, in the long run, it was a lot easier for me to sit him down and say, "hey, why don't I leave" than it was for him to sit me down and say, "hey, why don't you leave" and I'm all about doing things the easy way. As it turns out, he was very grateful for me for saving him the guilt and the pressure.

Buehler, Bernie, Sassy, Diamondgirl, Bossyboots, Extension 17, Moe, Curly, Frogmorton, and the Mad Doctor. What a cast of characters they've been! No more DDIALMFTTS stories of office life and urban adventures, either.

Coco's meeting with her boss tomorrow. It will probably be a couple of weeks before she's able to hire me, if my karma remains good and she's actually able to do it, but it's not like Buehler wanted me out the door tomorrow or anything.

I have not yet broken the news to the R.C. I'll do that tonight, I guess. She won't be best pleased to hear I'll be working from home soon and for the foreseeable future, but we'll figure out a way around the inconvenience of that. (We really do need more space.) I'd imagine I'll be working at Coco's some in the immediate future, just for training. And then I'll be in the company's office a day or two a week. At least, that's what I assume. It's all new and unknown....

The fact of Continuing Employment is the most important, that's what I'm reminding myself. A paycheck is a very good thing to have.

Anyhow. I'll have to start gradually cleaning out my desk. Taking home my personal stuff and finding somewhere for it to live in my house. Having one last lunch from Kokoro's. Re-arranging my bedroom to make an office space. Tidying up the hard drive on my work PC to make sure I don't leave any suspicious files on it. Making notes on What's Going On for Sassy, so she can pick up the threads of my projects. Dong all of those Leaving Things. (But not today.)

Stair count so far today: 112