Day One

On the same day I read the recession was over...I got laid off. That was last Friday, September 11th of all days (as if the memory of that day couldn't get any worse, it did.) I knew it was coming, but it was still like a punch in the stomach when I got pulled into the conference room for the talk. What sucks the most is that I really liked my job. I worked with my best friend and a bunch of other cool people, and I was doing what I liked. I was an Interior Designer.

I wallowed in my own self pity for the entire weekend.

Today I have managed to shower, defer my student loans, pack up my desk and clean out my "inbox," and have been rejected by the online unemployment claim system of Michigan. I guess I will need to stand in line just like the next guy. That's a job for tomorrow...well today actually. (Only the unemployed me would be up this late, but even that new me is getting tired.) I've got a lot to do tomorrow. Getting out of bed alone will take a tremendous amount of will power :)

But before I leave you...an interesting tidbit. Today I learned to never hit send on a mass email before double checking who is included in your entire contact list! I accidentally, and stupidly, managed to let all my friends, and a dozen or so customers ($%^&!) know that I was no longer with the company - and in a very blunt, mildly sarcastic way. I then proceeded to try and recall the message and respond with another less harsh, and hopefully warmer message, that will ensure I have a job with the company if this market ever picks up, and they decide to call me back to work! You know, when the recession really is over.