Laptop-less but thank goodness for smartphones!
Have had to finally give back my work laptop today after my job ended on 31st December. Fortunately thanks to the wonders of smartphones I'm not internet-less, although I know hubby (smescrater but don't know how to do userlinks on my phone) would lend me his MacBook if I desperately needed a proper internet session. I really do struggle with using Macs though. I know they're supposed to be intuitive but they don't seem it to me.
Anyway, this post isn't about mourning the loss of my laptop but more about mourning the loss of my job. For 13.5 years, I've had an identity. I've been the Batman guru (Billing And Time MANager - the first product I supported). I've been a SQL DBA. I've been the BusinessObjects guru. And all for one of the biggest companies in the country. And now it's been taken away and it just feels strange - like an important part of me is missing. It wasn't my choice to leave and so I find myself doing battle with the benefits system, losing my laptop, losing our car and losing part of what has made me who I am today.
The future awaits me.
Anyway, this post isn't about mourning the loss of my laptop but more about mourning the loss of my job. For 13.5 years, I've had an identity. I've been the Batman guru (Billing And Time MANager - the first product I supported). I've been a SQL DBA. I've been the BusinessObjects guru. And all for one of the biggest companies in the country. And now it's been taken away and it just feels strange - like an important part of me is missing. It wasn't my choice to leave and so I find myself doing battle with the benefits system, losing my laptop, losing our car and losing part of what has made me who I am today.
The future awaits me.