Today was my last day at work (and my birthday). This was a scary thing. I have been at my employer (Carnival Cruise Lines) for nearly 11 years, and have built up a great base of clients and many friends as well. To walk away was no easy step.
In any case, manaement has been incredibly supportive and even bought me a cake on my last day (and birthday), along with some soup (which I think I left in the office-sorry Jodi), a huge world mug, and a book for a journal. While it is nice to move on-it is difficult to leave such an incredible group of co-workers.
"Your co-workers are like family" is cliche-but so true.