a bit about work, a bit about vacation
Thanks for the advice and empathy! I will be taking my vitamins and I thought this was also great :
"be prepared mentally and financially for what might happen and then put it out of your mind" Thankfully, we are prepared financially. It's a huge help to not have to worry about that. Mentally is a bit trickier, but I'll be looking out for alternate job postings and dusting off my resume. It guess that's all I can do.
After I wrote the last post, I found out ANOTHER person was leaving. He had been in Canada, taking more than a week off to help his wife settle her recently deceased mom's estate. While he was gone, big boss told his boss to terminate him when he stepped in the door back from time off. His boss negotiated 2 week's notice. Then, everyone who depended on this guy's time found out and freaked out. Now he has to come back for a week in September to cover his boss' vacation time, and another week after that, and some evenings. It's like the decision was based on nothing other than money. So. Infuriating.
In other news, we went backpacking for 5 days in Colorado. It was an intense experience.
I finally have some photos up from our end-May trip to Alaska. Looking them over makes me want to go back! What an amazing place.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssmegss/sets/72157627431744604/
I absolutely loved Vancouver (I have more pictures of the town somewhere that I need to find...). It was hard for me to cruise because I like wandering, and it's hard to wander when you have less than 8 hours in a place. Crusing with my family was just about right, though. When my mom had a sick tummy day, she stayed in the room and could watch scenery from the window or balcony. It wasn't too much trouble to get to dinner on the boat, and 3/7 days of venturing on shore was about what they wanted. Juneau was neat, the wilderness near Skagway was stunning, and we had a great time kayaking in Ketchikan. Glacier Bay is one of the most amazing National Parks I've ever been to. Alaska is definitely a place I would not want to live, though. People there have hard lives.
"be prepared mentally and financially for what might happen and then put it out of your mind" Thankfully, we are prepared financially. It's a huge help to not have to worry about that. Mentally is a bit trickier, but I'll be looking out for alternate job postings and dusting off my resume. It guess that's all I can do.
After I wrote the last post, I found out ANOTHER person was leaving. He had been in Canada, taking more than a week off to help his wife settle her recently deceased mom's estate. While he was gone, big boss told his boss to terminate him when he stepped in the door back from time off. His boss negotiated 2 week's notice. Then, everyone who depended on this guy's time found out and freaked out. Now he has to come back for a week in September to cover his boss' vacation time, and another week after that, and some evenings. It's like the decision was based on nothing other than money. So. Infuriating.
In other news, we went backpacking for 5 days in Colorado. It was an intense experience.
I finally have some photos up from our end-May trip to Alaska. Looking them over makes me want to go back! What an amazing place.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssmegss/sets/72157627431744604/
I absolutely loved Vancouver (I have more pictures of the town somewhere that I need to find...). It was hard for me to cruise because I like wandering, and it's hard to wander when you have less than 8 hours in a place. Crusing with my family was just about right, though. When my mom had a sick tummy day, she stayed in the room and could watch scenery from the window or balcony. It wasn't too much trouble to get to dinner on the boat, and 3/7 days of venturing on shore was about what they wanted. Juneau was neat, the wilderness near Skagway was stunning, and we had a great time kayaking in Ketchikan. Glacier Bay is one of the most amazing National Parks I've ever been to. Alaska is definitely a place I would not want to live, though. People there have hard lives.