Bit of Ivory

So, yesterday was the 1-week anniversary of my layoff. I didn’t even remember until I was in bed for the night. It’s been an interesting week.
And I’m doing fine.
No, really. I’m actually quite surprised at how well I’m taking it. I really have been able to look at this whole thing as a gift, rather [...]

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Today was my one-year anniversary at work.
This afternoon, at 4:40, I got laid off.
Happy anniversary to me.

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And I really should have told all you about it sooner, but I’ve been either incredibly busy or incredibly tired, and therefore haven’t had the opportunity. In fact, I should be doing laundry right now, but I decided to tell you instead.
I’ve got a new job.
It was completely unexpected. You see, two Fridays [...]

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Larry H. Miller, owner of the Utah Jazz and my own workplace, Megaplex Theatres, passed away today. He’s been ill for quite some time– in fact, it was only about a month after I started that he went into the hospital with a heart attack and complications to diabetes. Last month, he had both his [...]

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Today at work, one of my coworkers (whom I really like) came to my desk to meter some mail. As she did so, she whistled 11 notes of a tune. A tune I immediately recognized.
“Kathy,” I said, “why in the world are you whistling ‘Theme From Flood’?”
She was very impressed. Especially as the 11 notes [...]

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I’ve now officially been working at my job for a week and one day. I like it. There are still some things I’m unsure about, but most of it is starting to become familiar. At the moment I’m concentrating on the front desk, although there is a strong possibility that I’ll move to the actual [...]

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So Wednesday was my birthday. It was good. There was lunch at Tucano’s (a Brazilian steakhouse) and yarn shopping and other shopping and See’s chocolate and Backer’s Bakery cake and Litza’s pizza. I bought enough yarn to make a sweater. I finished knitting a Dalek. I watched Doctor Who.
And my sister got a phone call [...]

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Today at work has been– interesting. We’ve all moved past the shock of coming in and hearing “We’re closing. As of now. As soon as we can get the patients moved out. Friday, hopefully. Monday at the latest.” We’ve done the depression and the anger and the sadness, and now we’re all just kind of– [...]

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My employer is closing. I’m losing my job. Maybe by the end of the week, definitely by the end of next.
This royally sucks.

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Don’t get me wrong. I like my job. I don’t love it, but I like it. Most of the time the people I deal with outside of the company are polite. My coworkers are all nice. And how much, really, can you complain about a job that lets you play around on the internet ALL [...]

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