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I finally passed the checks for the job that I got offered 11mo ago. So now they're asking when I can start!

Which, right now, is like the worst time for me to leave my company. We have our big all-hands-on-deck event in like 5 weeks. I have a massive project I'm leading up that's supposed to be finished by end of July. And there's another project I'm assisting with heavily that's supposed to be finished by July/August. Even a couple months ago would've been better, to an extent.

While I'm usually one who's like "Welp, gotta go peace, here's my two weeks!", the organization I work for has treated me excellently over the years; about 17 of them. And the big project I'm working on is something that I specifically got invited back to the company to work on a few years ago. So I want to see it to completion (or as far as I can take it within reason). As far as the event, we are literally in the thick of it with preparation, so I don't want to unload all my tasks, last minute, on my team either. Lastly, my boss knows I've had this offer on deck for awhile now and he's been very cool with it. I don't want to burn this bridge (I've burned others elsewhere before). Because if this new job doesn't work out, there'd be a very, very high chance that all I'd have to do is ask and my boss would say, "OK, when do you want to start?"

So I'm thinking I don't start til late August, which my boss is very appreciative of. Plus that gives me time to find an apartment and move. I'm hoping my new soon-to-be employer will agree to that, especially given my circumstances, and that they've had me waiting for this long. I feel like that's only fair. I also have a friend who works closely with the team I'll be on; he says the team is probably not even ready for me anyway.

Either way, it's exciting. But also a bit scary, as I've never moved for a job, and I'll leaving a city I've spent practically my entire life at. I'll also be even further from my family than I already am. But I'm ready to go. I've been waiting for this for a long time, and it's finally happening.