Need to Vent - Pity Party #2

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Ginny & Alex

Ginny & Alex

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Well, first off, Alex's AMPS was 101 :o . I had to go into the office today for a big meeting (more on that later), so we ended up shooting 1.0 unit (1/2 his normal dose) into a 135 number nailbite_smile . DH still doesn't get it. When we got home from doctor's appointment at +8, Alex was 290. Not sure what I could have done differently though.

I think I have mentioned before that DH is losing his job. His last day on the job is Jan 31. He has been there for 33 years, so there's a pension, but of course, it's not even close to his current salary.

Then today, for our mandatory meeting, I find out that my job is being outsourced. I already am a consulant at my current job, but now, they want this big consulting company to take over that contract. Most of the workers are off-shore in India and I don't know what's going to happen. They do want to interview me (I guess that's good), but I have no idea about pay, benefits, expectations, etc or even if I'll make the cut.

So, I'm a little stressed......

Bring on the whine. drinking24
 
Well, what a generally crappy day, Ginny. A pity party you deserve and whine and chocolate and whatever else you would like.

The only high note is that was a nice amps?

I so hope things on the work front improve and settle down. Hugs sent your way!
 
Oh Ginny, I am sorry to hear about all the employment woes. It’s scary out there. I got laid off 25 years ago and have been self employed since. It’s no picnic either, but I understand your stress. Hopefully you can get re-hired without skipping a beat if that is what you want.
Sending you good vibes on that, and wishes for good health for Alex to keep that area of stress down.

(((((hugs))))) and glasses of wine (whine)

drinking24
 
Thanks Sue and Donna.

Donna, I'm also self-employed (I'm really a one-woman corporation) and have been consulting at the same client for 15 years. So, it's been very good to me, but I'd like about 5 more years, please.

PMPS - 363
 
Oh, Ginny -

I am soo sorry about your husband's job and yours, too. I hope all goes well with your interview and they offer you something comparable (or BETTER!) to your current situation.

Libby
 
Oh Ginny, I am sorry to hear this. Good luck with the interview, hopefully you will not miss a day.
 
Chiming in to say that I'm sorry to see this. Pray things will get better for you and that the interview falls in your favor.
 
So sorry you got this news today, Ginny.
Wishing you and hubby the best and I hope your interview will go well and you'll miss no time from work.
Sending you a virtual hug and big box of chocolates and wine.
 
I am sorry about your news. I do hope things will get better for you & your husband. :YMHUG:

Uummm.....look on the bright side DH can be on kitty duty now during the day... ;-)


Positive thoughts, positive outcome.

Jenn & Baxter
 
Ginny,
I am so sorry to read about the job woes, especially when they hit both sides of the family income.
But...... this is what I "do".....spread a little sunshine and optimism. The easiest way to do that in this case is to tell you some "carl" history.

I worked for 19 years for the same company. I started out doing manual labor, and brown nosed :lol: my way up to a cushy desk job, working on a computer all day, and along the way made more money each step up the corporate ladder. Didn't really like my job towards the end, but it sure put the beer on the table, and really wasn't hard work. In Jan 2003, I and a bunch of other people got "downsized" as over a two year period, the workforce went from about 70 people to about 25. So I'm out of work, got a kid a year away from starting college, DW worked but not full time, and there's no place near here for me to find a similar job because the manufacturing sector is going down the toilet. Awesome! I got 19 weeks pay as my severance pay, but that 19 weeks of money went away a lot quicker than 19 weeks since they gave it to me in a lump sum.
That was 9 years ago this week.
I was out of a job for a year. Couldn't find anything remotely close pay wise, but no way was I going to relocate and yank my daughter out of her last year of HS after living here her whole life. So I started coming out to the State Park, where DW worked, did a lot of voluntary work, mostly creating and constructing displays for the Nature Center, and just generally helping out (DW was one of the staff at the Nature Center). Her boss, the Park Manager, offered me a job but it didn't pay half as much as I was making before, and I was holding out for a better salary. Until my unemployment ran out, and I still hadn't found anything. So I went to the Manager and asked if that ranger job was still available..... Ha, nope, sorry, no ranger jobs open, but you can be a maintenance man because we need a couple of those. Awesome. right back where I started 20 years earlier, and for half as much money!!! Woot!!!
Fast forward 18 months. Ranger job came open. I took a demotion to take the job. Once I saw how cool a Park Ranger job was, I was willing to take a step down to start on the bottom of that ladder. Six months later, the Park Manager calls me into his office....I'm thinking, wow, I'm screwed.... Instead, he asks me if I would like to live right here on the Park, rent free, utilities free. It didn't take much arm twisting. So we moved out here, to a 5000 acre sub-tropical paradise, where the beach is a 5 minute walk, 95% of the island is Maritime Forest, and there are only 6 houses, all occupied by Rangers. I freaking live in Heaven on Earth.
Last week, I found out I got promoted one notch, so now I'll be a step higher up the ranger food chain. This week marks 9 years since my entire world fell apart, and 8 years that I have worked here.
This is a job that I never had planned on having, never even considered doing for a living. I had no clue that jobs like this even existed, and I had zero experience.

Here's my "point". Especially for your DH, this could be - although it's hard to believe right now - the best thing that ever happened to him. Getting laid off was absolutely the best thing that ever happened to me, although I thought it was the end of everything when it happened. There might be something that you and DH have always really wanted to do? Maybe that's what you've actually been doing, I don't know. But this really crappy time in your lives could turn out to be a huge blessing.

Read the quote in my sig. I didn't read that until about a year ago when I saw it in a book somewhere. It's the most profound life advice I have ever seen, and it has become my sanity saver. I only wish I understood it 10 years ago.

You'll both get past this, and your "new" reality will be even better than you can imagine.

Carl

P.S. The company I used to work for? It went out of business about 6 months ago. :mrgreen:
 
Has anyone told you guys what great people you are??

As for DH doing kitty duty, we've gotta train him some more before I can trust him on that. ;-)
 
You can put him through BG testing training. Have a schedule wrote out for him when to test. Feb 1 he should have it all down & slide right into his "new job"....kitty duty. :lol:

Good Luck to both of you!
 
I'm sorry all that is hitting you at once Ginny. My DH is still unemployed but I've come to really enjoy it. He has been on "kitty duty" and I've really needed it quite a few times. He's also been doing the shopping and a whole lot of cleaning! :lol: He wasn't ready for his "second" retirement (he retired once already) & still is looking for something else but it has worked out. I was freaked out about it, especially since it happened just 3 months before the wedding. I'm sure it will work out for you, I know it's hard though. You deserve to whine...go right ahead! :YMHUG:

Carl, what a wonderful story! I'm glad you get to live in such a wonderful place, but I'm jealous! :smile:

Barbara
 
Barbara,
Ask DH if he's ever thought about becoming a Park Ranger! ;-) There must be a few VA state parks on the ocean?
 
Ginny,

So sorry to hear about the job problems. I pray DH and you get a job that you love and pays well. So hard now a days. My DH lost his job after being with them 25yrs and very devoted. He walked in one day and he didn't have a job. All job's going oversee's to China. That sucked because i had just quit my BEST job in all the world, Eucational Park Ranger for National Parks(Carl, i didn't get the free housing though- Lucky) becuase i was pregnant and had to be off my feet entire pregnancy if i wanted to keep her inside me. So basically we were both out of a job and a baby on the way. BUT, he ended up going back to school and getting a degree and starting a whole new career in the area he always dreamed of. He would of never quit to do this otherwise. So things do work out. It was hard though. NOTE: We ended up having a healthy, beautiful baby girl, although she was 3mths early and only 2lbs. She is a healthy and beautiful 10yr old today.

Hang in there! Things will get better!!!!

Lori
 
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