Apr 04 2006
You Can’t Leave Us!
A shake up at work today! I never thought I’d see the day. Dr. Grandma has announced she is taking another job. It’s right down the street, and our professional paths will surely cross again in the future, but come on. She’s our rock! She keeps us all in line! She’s the one we turn to when we have a weird rash! Ok, not necessarily that last one, but she does know a thing or 2 about medicine.
We cried. Colorful Texan was useless during our meeting. Mad Scientist cried like a baby. Pretty Lady Dammit and I just sat there in shock. And Time-Flying Dudette is on vacation. She’ll come back to an empty office and will suffer the same shock we all did.
The thing that struck me is that Dr. Grandma said it was the hardest decision she’s ever had to make in her life. My decision to sell my house and move clear across the country to a city where I had no family was easy, but trying to make the decision on where to go from here is much harder. This workplace is a huge part of what keeps me here, but I know eventually we all have to move on. The question now is trying to figure out why I even want to move on this time besides the pure economics of it.
