[Leonidas]

I love this quote so much I'm stealing it.

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Originally Posted by Goonie I was still strapping my parachute on after I jumped out!!!

Yakkers - From everything you wrote, it sounds like you see mostly good things if you get the early out. While staying, will, at best, be more of what you were getting ready to leave (if not some outright unpleasant experiences ala unhappy coworkers). Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but it seems like you've already decided at some level that you would like to make the early move.

I was like Goonie, still playing with the parachute straps on the way out the hatch. In 24 hours I went from "I'm leaving sometime in the next 12 months" to "Hello, HR? When can I come in and sign the papers to bail out? It was all a matter of suddenly realizing that moment of opportunity was there and it needed to be taken advantage of.

If the only change to your plan is just accelerating it by a few months, I say do it.

And if they say yes? You can't unwind the clock or tape pages back onto the calendar. Take those 8 months of your life back if they offer them to you.

Oh, and I think it should be clear by now that you are mandated to tell the rest of the story about Sandra. We wants a story we does. And if the truth is not incredibly interesting, please lie and conjure up a good tale.