First of all, there’s this. And yes, it does say 108 degrees, I kid you not.
And… on this hottest day ever…I was laid off from my job. Is it related to the weird turnaround my boss did on me these past couple of weeks? I dunno. Could be a chicken & egg thing. It’s possible she got wind of having to let someone go in the department (because I wasn’t the only one let go — at least three other departments did, too, and what I was told was each department had to give a name of someone to lay off). And so did she do the turn-around to justify it to herself? Again, I dunno. All I do know is that I got the newsletter published online today and I received kudos from people around the company for the articles I’d written, as well as from the graphics artist who was totally aware of what all I did to make it happen. And I did a good job, did it in plenty of time, and actually felt excited about it.
How do I feel? Rather bewildered. This was one of the reasons I really hedged about pursuing this job; I sensed it could possibly be considered expendable in dire times. And our company is going through some dire times. The stimulus package is mostly aimed toward shovel-ready projects, and as a design firm, we’re not seeing much of it. And our clients, who are mostly public agencies, have funding drying up with the tax base drastically diminished, with what is available going to immediate construction jobs.
Truth be known, I also feel some relief.
OK, so now I’m back to cleaning house and being “domestic.” (Need to “fire” the cleaning lady….) In spite of reeling, I’m also ready to embrace that for a while. And then? Who knows what.
At least I don’t have to feel any guilt now about taking 3 days off in August to go to Nate’s Navy Boot Camp graduation…
