Finally done it.
I've quit my old job, got a new job and start on October 21. Whooppee!
It's a bit disconcerting that the response from most of my friends has been "about time!". Better late than never, I say, and if I had left earlier, I wouldn't have had the awesome opportunities of the Cerner project. So, could be worse.
Something that cracks me up about this: the willful misunderstanding of why I want to leave all this (what, the curtains?); disregarding that I might have some plans aside from working myself into the ground and assuming this is a negative move. I'm only leaving because I'm not happy? Really? Couldn't be because this is an awesome opportunity and I'm not subject to anyone else's whims than my own and my family's. Bahahahahaha.
Ooh, cat screech just went off in my head. Never mind. When I'm gone...I never have to think about any of this again.
Now onward to another night job, with better conditions, spread of shifts (i.e. there is a spread of shifts, rather than this lurching around with the previous roster). It's a bummer in some respects - finally our roster is getting attended to and I'm about to leave. Sigh.
Never mind, everything is going to be alright.