Enough Life Lessons, Already!

So, today was a not so good day. I knew this was coming, but didn't think it would be until the end of the year. The company I work for is closing the job site until February. As of 4:00 pm on Friday, December 9, I will be unemployed. Now, I have never been laid off, never been fired. I had one job that when the contract with the temp agency expired it wasn't renewed, but that felt different. 


I am a bundle of emotions. I am sad, because I made so many friends at this job and I love all of them. I am scared, because my unemployment insurance will be about half of my regular salary. I am actually a little happy, because I can spend more time at home doing the mommy do's that have gone to the wayside because I was always so busy at work and with the kids.


Don't worry, the agency has already sent my resume to a local CPA firm for a full charge bookkeeper position. Full time, permanent. Pay cut (massive), but higher than unemployment. Note to self, NEVER, EVER say never. 5 years ago I quit my job at a CPA firm to go back to school and get my IT degree. I vowed NEVER to work for an accounting firm again. See where that got me? I have to smile through the pain at that one.


I know I will be fine. Kat will be fine. Tori will be fine. Sammee will be fine. I will get past the emotions, and maybe even allow myself a good cry. I might need one. Then I will get up, brush off the construction dust, and find a new desk to put my custom made, Tori original pencil holder, and my Russian Nesting Pigs (email me if you want details on that). 


I think Stewart Smalley (Al Franken character from SNL) said it best. "I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and, doggone it, people like me!"