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On Election Day this year, four out of five of our city council members were replaced. They all ran on a lower taxes platform, so in order to lower taxes, they are going to cut the city's budget. Every department got the ax somewhere. For Parks and Rec, this meant laying off all Seasonal Employees and employees with less than 20 hours a week. That meant me.
For my last day I showed up at the Nature Center to a surprise lunch with pizza, and tea, and doughnuts. Normally I'm alone on Sundays, but all of the guys came and for most of my shift we sat around and chatted and it was marvelous.
I will miss going to the Nature Center on Sundays, I will miss the critters. But I can still email Jeremy and Don and Larry and visit when I want. Everyone assures me that as soon as the business picks up in March they will be calling me back. That will be good, and I hope that's correct. But I can't help thinking I don't have that kind of luck.
It came at the best possible time. For the past few months I've been having severe back and leg pain. I was diagnosed with sciatica. Since there was no accident or trauma, I literally just woke up unable to move one morning, the doctor said it's genetic. It's made getting around and doing things somewhat difficult. I cook from an office chair in the kitchen. It takes me days to do one load of dishes because I can't stand at the sink for long periods.
I'm going to take this opportunity with only one job again to resume work on my book. I'm going to publish via Amazon. My preliminary research suggests this is the best route, (especially since the only publisher in this area never responded to me.) I hope to get everything taken care of by March, in case I do get called back to the Nature Center.
Since I will be responsible for my own marketing, I've gotta actually start blogging again, to keep up a web presence. But in the meantime I still have a full time job to go to. It's time to get dressed and leave the house.
For my last day I showed up at the Nature Center to a surprise lunch with pizza, and tea, and doughnuts. Normally I'm alone on Sundays, but all of the guys came and for most of my shift we sat around and chatted and it was marvelous.
I will miss going to the Nature Center on Sundays, I will miss the critters. But I can still email Jeremy and Don and Larry and visit when I want. Everyone assures me that as soon as the business picks up in March they will be calling me back. That will be good, and I hope that's correct. But I can't help thinking I don't have that kind of luck.
It came at the best possible time. For the past few months I've been having severe back and leg pain. I was diagnosed with sciatica. Since there was no accident or trauma, I literally just woke up unable to move one morning, the doctor said it's genetic. It's made getting around and doing things somewhat difficult. I cook from an office chair in the kitchen. It takes me days to do one load of dishes because I can't stand at the sink for long periods.
I'm going to take this opportunity with only one job again to resume work on my book. I'm going to publish via Amazon. My preliminary research suggests this is the best route, (especially since the only publisher in this area never responded to me.) I hope to get everything taken care of by March, in case I do get called back to the Nature Center.
Since I will be responsible for my own marketing, I've gotta actually start blogging again, to keep up a web presence. But in the meantime I still have a full time job to go to. It's time to get dressed and leave the house.