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[floatingleaf]

I got laid off today.

I should have seen it coming. I should have drawn some conclusions from the fact that things have been much too slow, for far too long. I should have realized that it was just too good to be true - getting paid for swinging around in my comfy office chair, checking private email, browsing flist and reading slash. It just couldn't last, could it, eh?

Well, it's over now. Time to get reacquainted with the harsh reality of an unstable job market.

And no, I am not telling my parents. Not yet, anyway. My mum is just going to freak out. Which actually stresses me more than the fact of being unemployed per se. Funny, isn't it? Well, thank you, mother, for being the main stress factor of my existence. Again.

In other news, I slept about 4 hours last night - and yet have been unable so far to actually relax enough to take a nap. So I guess I'll go to bed now. For whatever it's worth.

At least I don't have to get up early tomorrow. Woohoo. There are good sides to everything. *snort*

Comments

[oceansecrets2.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's awful. I suppose they think they were being sensitive by waiting until after the holidays to do it, too.

I hope you will find something you like better and that pays more, quickly!

((hugs and hopeful thoughts))

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Seems like it was a sudden, unexpected decision from the very top. Our manager looked just as shocked as we were. They probably cut down about 20% of their personnel in one go. I mean, everybody knew that business was slow - but they kept telling us it might pick up any minute, as it often had in the past...

Anyway, thanks for you support. With so many friends sending good thoughts my way, I just can't get depressed now, can I? *hugs*

[oceansecrets2.livejournal.com]

Look at the positive side... more time for writing! :-)

[floatingleaf.livejournal.com]

Well... yeah. There's always that.:)

I really wouldn't mind moving into my headspace and just staying there for a while. No more 'reality bites', thank you very much. But the sad truth about reality is that the more you avoid it, the harder it bites in the end. *sigh*