After weeks of stressing and worrying about how I will say to my office that I’m leaving them, the day has finally come to really tell them. I’ve just gotten word from my school approving me to re-enroll for November. So it’s time for me to go back to school and study. My parents and aunts said that my boss will understand and won’t be upset when I tell him because I’m leaving for the right reasons. Education is really important.

As always, resigning from a job has never been easy for me. I was so stressed about it that my night grinding came back. My boss even wanted to make me a night-guard which I refused because I really know the reason for my night grinding. I’m a very reserved person and I couldn’t tell what is really stressing me out to anyone in the office. Everything is bottled up inside me. Since I want to give them a month’s notice, I have to brave it out and hope for the best. Of course I prayed first that the Lord will just transcend in the conversation.

I told my co-worker first. She is so maternal to me and always gives good advice. She told me to do what I have to do and wanted to do; to be strong and not let others bring me down. Talking about it finally to someone just lightened up the burden that I’ve been carrying. I felt the stress dissipating. Now it’s time to tell my boss.  While we were working on a patient, I started with “At the end of the day, can I talk to you?” to my boss. I was surprised that his end of the day is different from mine. In between patients, he called me to his office.  He’s that type of person who can’t wait to hear any news or gossip. I really wanted to wait at the end of the day and I told him it’s better to wait. I feared that what I was about to say will ruin his afternoon. He was insistent and so I told him outright.

I was afraid to tell him so much particularly my background because he has this very high standards and I feel that he’s going to judge me and find me totally lacking. But I always keep my aunt’s advice in mind. She said to me that I should just be honest and no one would find fault in that. So I was truthful, I answered all his questions. I was spared from further probing when my other coworker called for him.

When we all convened at the end of the day, he let me break the news to the other staff. They were happy for me. Surprisingly, my boss was wishing me well too. Whew! I thought it would be so difficult and hard. I thought there would be lots of drama. Maybe I’m the only one who’s making a big fuss out of it.  They’ve really been good to me and I feel like I have not repaid that. They even wanted to give me a farewell party (please no more of that, it’ll be too much on my conscience).

All in all, I just thank God that it ended well.

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