so i got laid off from my job last wednesday.......they're moving my department to florida and did away with my position......i can't say i didn't see it coming - i did......the corporate buzzards were hovering for the last month or two.......still it's a bit of a shock after 6 years working at a place to be let go.......and to be let go for something other than job performance........kind of hard to reconcile them telling you that you've done a fantastic job and have been fantastic to work with and have always been fantastic to advertisers, but yet, you can no longer work here.......almost like you kind of wish you did something wrong to deserve it or something......anyway, it really works out pretty fantastically for our little family.......i'll get full pay for 6 weeks then i can collect unemployment for 28 weeks + the 13 weeks extension the gov't just granted......so that's almost a year of paid time off.......plus without having to pay for daycare, it's almost like we're making money......and the best thing of all, i get to stay home with casey.......
it's been great so far......kinda like being back on maternity leave, but she's more fun than back then......well she was fun then too, but she's so much more interactive now that it's different.....i definitely feel like we've been blessed - it's almost like god said this is what you need to do now, take care of casey......and it's what i really want to do......so i'm looking forward to spending the next bunch of months with her and seeing her grow and develop into her own little person.......and being grateful for the extra time i have with her.......
steve's been great about all this.......he was supportive when i lost my job - i think i held it all together better than he thought i might.......really being able to stay home with casey was what got me through it all as well as i did......i'd be pretty bummed about staying home all day if it was just me......and now that i'm home he's truly happy i am.......since casey's been born, i feel like i continually see how much more of a selfless person he is than me.......i'd probably be a little bitter and jealous if roles were reversed......heck, i'd be really bitter and jealous.......it'd be good for casey to have him home all day with her too......i just would really need to focus on not being selfish and keep reminding myself that it'd be a good thing......i know steve has gotten jealous sometimes too, but it's never something that he gets angry or pissy at me about......sometimes i wish i was a better person.......
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