The Other Drummer

Welp, got laid off a couple weeks ago. It was a Wednesday, I think. Kinda sucks.

Should have known something was up when my check engine light came on the night before.

No hard feelings toward my former employers. This is the third round of layoffs in as many years and they broke the news with graciousness and emphasized that it was strictly due to the fact that I hadn’t been busy for quite a while (mild understatement) and that it didn’t appear that I would become busy anytime soon.

When I came home my wife’s reaction was about the coolest one could expect: she started laughing.

She has a lot of faith in me. And I love her for that.

I’ve been blessed with a lot of job leads in a very short amount of time. Thank you to everyone who reached out to me and for me. I’m truly appreciative.

Why haven’t I mentioned this sooner? Well, getting laid off wasn’t the worst thing that happened. Here’s the sequence of events:

1. Tuesday night the check engine light comes on. Bad omen?
2. Wake up Wednesday feeling a bit queasy. Go to work anyway.
3. Grandma A. checks into the hospital for open heart surgery.
4. Get laid off. Wow.
5. Get the flu. Feel gross.
6. Thursday I sleep in then play with my kids all day. Grandma A. has surgery.
7. Friday 7:30 AM – get a call. Grandma A. has had a severe stroke. Rush to hospital to give a blessing.
8. Spend the next several days trying to be helpful to my wife and her family.
9. Tuesday Grandma A. passes away.
10. Funeral for Grandma A. was the following Saturday.

So, yeah. Rough couple of weeks.

Now that things have settled down a bit (relatively) I hope to get back to blogging a bit more. I’ll keep you apprised of how the job hunt is going and if you happen to know anyone who needs a copywriter or social media strategist, let me know.

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Tagged: Family, Life, Work