I had my exit interview and the whole thing was just very sad as my bosses insisted they didn't ever want to drive me away and really valued me, etc.

How sad that I had totally the opposite impression.

In any event, I still think it is for the best that I strike off and do something different and challenging instead of staying in my boring cocoon. It's just sad that we couldn't all have communicated better.

I still look forward to having time off and doing something new, and will have to make time to grieve the nature of this ending.