The end and the beginning
Well, this has become a true time of change. As of today, I am officially laid off from my position at the veterinary hospital that I had worked at for just over a year now. This happened because the business is apparently not making enough money to support it's previous number of employees. I was given exactly six hours notice, since Monday is, or rather was my short day, and I was told at the beginning of my shift that I was being let go after the day was over. In truth, I can't say that I'm surprised. The signs were there; shorter hours across the board, employee positions becoming vacant and not being filled; there was even a time I went to cash my paycheck during lunch the same day I got it, and the bank was unable to do so, due to insufficient funds from the account. So no, I'm not exactly taken aback.
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention that I have had my eye out for a better paying position closer to home for awhile now. So, I guess that while I'm not exactly too broken up about getting the shaft, it does upset me a bit that I have to pay for someone else's financial fuck-up. No matter though, I shall continue to accept the situation with grace and dignity, and make the best of things. If nothing else, this turn of events allows me to devote more time to finding that better job. We have a bit of financial flexibility, so I don't have to take just anything.
Today was also the first day of this semester's classes. I am so close to my biology degree, I can taste it. I only have to clear one major hurdle...math. Calculus and statistics to be more precise. I've put it off and put it off, but now I finally have to get it out of the way. Once it's done though, just a couple of upper division classes for my major and I get to walk. So yeah, in spite of what might seem to be somewhat overwhelming circumstances, I feel strangely positive about how things are going.
I would also be remiss if I didn't mention that I have had my eye out for a better paying position closer to home for awhile now. So, I guess that while I'm not exactly too broken up about getting the shaft, it does upset me a bit that I have to pay for someone else's financial fuck-up. No matter though, I shall continue to accept the situation with grace and dignity, and make the best of things. If nothing else, this turn of events allows me to devote more time to finding that better job. We have a bit of financial flexibility, so I don't have to take just anything.
Today was also the first day of this semester's classes. I am so close to my biology degree, I can taste it. I only have to clear one major hurdle...math. Calculus and statistics to be more precise. I've put it off and put it off, but now I finally have to get it out of the way. Once it's done though, just a couple of upper division classes for my major and I get to walk. So yeah, in spite of what might seem to be somewhat overwhelming circumstances, I feel strangely positive about how things are going.