Those words have never rang truer for me! Lately my life appears to be a series of unfortunate events. It feels surreal. Let me start at the beginning.
I had heard rumors that my job had intentions on making some budget cuts. We were told not to worry about it. In the past, the for profit section of our company gets the axe before the non-profit side. Well, a week before Thanksgiving I got notice that my position was being eliminated. I never would have thought I would be affected by this, not after 12 years of service. How naive of me, right? People say I'm lucky because I have a year to find another position while retaining my pay and benefits. This may be true, but it still doesn't feel good. The only thing that sounds good right now is the thought of just going to school. I promise kids just don't know how good they have it.
Now Christmas is approaching and I have three kids I'm trying to impress. Well, we finally have the final draft of the lists and what happens, my mom mobile breaks down. And of course it wouldn't be a simple break down like having a flat or something, NOOOOO, there just happen to be a million things wrong that's going to cost thousands of dollars! Merry Christmas kids, you guys get a working vehicle that you already owned. It is with great sarcasm that that last line was delivered. Ok, fine, this too shall pass.
So, we're down to one car while the other is getting repaired and what happens, it starts smoking like crazy on Crenshaw in the middle of rush hour traffic. My husband being the manly man he is identifies the problem and goes about fixing it. Thank goodness family was around to get us to an auto parts store where we get what we need, supposedly, and set out to fix our car. Well, both of our phones die just before we realize we need another part. Our earlier ride us unable to drive in the dark, so we set out on foot to purchase the part we need. On our way, hubby sees an old childhood friend. He calls out to the friend who is in the middle of traffic. Friend says hi nice to see you and starts driving off. Just when I thought the friend might have noticed we were walking down the "shaw" at night and might be kind enough to offer us a ride, he pulls over to the curb and asks for hubby's number to call him sometime. They exchange numbers while holding up traffic, and again, the friend drives off without offering a ride. What kind of BS is that? Look, his vehicle seemed suspect anyway, but I try not to judge other people and their situation. Even if I didn't want to get in, he could have offered, gosh!
My toes were going numb, I'm seeing shapes in the stains on the ground. Is this really what my life is about at this point? I just wonder if this is as bad as it's going to get. I mean something good has to come out of this, right? In the mean time, I'll be looking for my rainbow.
I had heard rumors that my job had intentions on making some budget cuts. We were told not to worry about it. In the past, the for profit section of our company gets the axe before the non-profit side. Well, a week before Thanksgiving I got notice that my position was being eliminated. I never would have thought I would be affected by this, not after 12 years of service. How naive of me, right? People say I'm lucky because I have a year to find another position while retaining my pay and benefits. This may be true, but it still doesn't feel good. The only thing that sounds good right now is the thought of just going to school. I promise kids just don't know how good they have it.
Now Christmas is approaching and I have three kids I'm trying to impress. Well, we finally have the final draft of the lists and what happens, my mom mobile breaks down. And of course it wouldn't be a simple break down like having a flat or something, NOOOOO, there just happen to be a million things wrong that's going to cost thousands of dollars! Merry Christmas kids, you guys get a working vehicle that you already owned. It is with great sarcasm that that last line was delivered. Ok, fine, this too shall pass.
So, we're down to one car while the other is getting repaired and what happens, it starts smoking like crazy on Crenshaw in the middle of rush hour traffic. My husband being the manly man he is identifies the problem and goes about fixing it. Thank goodness family was around to get us to an auto parts store where we get what we need, supposedly, and set out to fix our car. Well, both of our phones die just before we realize we need another part. Our earlier ride us unable to drive in the dark, so we set out on foot to purchase the part we need. On our way, hubby sees an old childhood friend. He calls out to the friend who is in the middle of traffic. Friend says hi nice to see you and starts driving off. Just when I thought the friend might have noticed we were walking down the "shaw" at night and might be kind enough to offer us a ride, he pulls over to the curb and asks for hubby's number to call him sometime. They exchange numbers while holding up traffic, and again, the friend drives off without offering a ride. What kind of BS is that? Look, his vehicle seemed suspect anyway, but I try not to judge other people and their situation. Even if I didn't want to get in, he could have offered, gosh!
My toes were going numb, I'm seeing shapes in the stains on the ground. Is this really what my life is about at this point? I just wonder if this is as bad as it's going to get. I mean something good has to come out of this, right? In the mean time, I'll be looking for my rainbow.
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