I quit my job

I was thinking about it for months, for years. I complained about it to all my friends for the same months and years and now I've finally done it.

Since this is academia, it's not that easy.

I had to talk it over with my dean. Then I sent in a letter. Then I sent in another letter. Then he sends me a letter. And then it's done. I don't actually leave until next year, the end of the spring semester when all the grades are in, all the faculty hired for next year, all the graduates gone. Then I'll be gone too.

So in the next, what, nine months I disentagle myself from this life and get started on a new one. I hardly know where to start.