jeff is the coolest! and his house is awesome! and his snacks are THE BEST.
So, what's going on this world? a lot of stuff, turns out.
So yes, there was a pretty big bombshell last month. They told me it was because of budget issues. Somebody had to go, and it was me. I was the one that was due for a raise, I guess. But, two days later, I heard from Mike the General Manager, and he told me that he'd been fired, too. So... yeah. That's fun.
It feels like a breakup. Or a divorce or something. I'm partly angry, but I'm also hurt, and there's betrayal feelings there. It came out of nowhere. I'm already noticing the stuff I'm going to miss. I know I had it pretty good, even in the stressful parts. And now it's just like ten years went away like it meant nothing.
I guess the worst part is that nobody seemed to notice. When I talk to people individually, most people know, but it's not like there was anybody listener wise who said anything on the social media outlets. Maybe they have said something, but it's just not, you know, public. I don't know. They're probably glad to be rid of me.
I looked at the paperwork, and they had made the decision on my birthday. They waited a few days to do it and not on that day. That would have been awkward. "Hey, here's your birthday card and cake... now pack up your shit!"
I heard from a few people like Jack the newsman, and Bob the sales guy. Doug didn't seem like he knew it was coming. So now I'm kinda floundering a bit. But, I have been applying to something every day. I've had a lot of time in thought. So I've decided that since the competition probably doesn't wanna touch me with a ten foot pole, I'll just do something else. I've been getting out there. I have had at least four job interviews (with one offer, but I didn't take it) and three of those were today. There's one in particular that I want above the other two (I got passed on one) but we'll see. Either way we're fine until at least the end of the month.
Why we're okay is because Boyfriendo finally applied for and was granted disability. So he got backpay for the time since he had applied, and that was a nice chunk of change. It got us mostly out of a big hole. Then we put away some money for savings and house renovations. He gets about a grand a month, and EBT benefits. So really, the mortgage and utilities can be paid with that. The rest is just money to pay down the credit cards I had to use to get us through the rough times. And I made huge payments, so I paid off several of them and made big dents in others.
We're going to get the windows replaced in the house. I know that'll help a lot with our utility bills this summer. We had several estimates done, and one of the lowest was actually one of the best because he's the guy who is married to the woman that was my mother's best friend. So he's cutting us a deal. And he knows what he's doing, because he did the siding on the house twenty odd years ago.
Dad is doing fine. Same as before, I suppose. His knees are hurting him pretty badly, but he'll never actually talk about it much.
I haven't heard much from Kelly and her family lately. They're up in the suburbs and enjoying the life well enough, I guess. She doesn't seem to have much interest in my life. Every time we talk, we talk about her and what she feels bad about. It's kind of the same thing with my cousin Andrea. The week of the big firing, Andrea took me out to dinner and drinks and then spent the entire two hour conversation talking about her job and how she hates it. She even said, after it was all over... "Oh sorry, we were gonna talk about your situation, huh...." Nope.
The Girls are great. We had a whole week recently with Laney for her spring break. We took a day and went up to the city to go to Legoland, The Sea Life Aquarium, and the World War I museum. It was a pretty fun day, I gotta say. Now, if I can get a job before the end of the month, life will be golden.
I'm gonna start using this thing again, I think. It's got a long history with me. Maybe it'll be good for me to get to write about things that are going on. I guess I got drained so much by the whole "you need to blog twice every day, no, I mean, you need to do something that goes viral every day" biznazz.
I'll go back and see if I can catch up a bit on everybody's writings. Sorry.
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