Having attended a handful of on-campus, outplacement sessions, continued to do my "networking" and "homework" for Cindy, and laid the groundwork for my service with the outplacement firm BB is providing (thereafter, DBM), I am working from home today.
Crazy - Not sure if this is a nod of respect from my work team acknowledging that it's insane to expect much from me in this time; or if it's the reality of having worked on strategy projects of a highly confidential nature in my time at work; or if it's the ultimate snub, saying "We really don't need you anymore," but they've cut me off. I got an email from the HR team indicating that they were notified by my manager that I have "successfully transitioned" my work and will no longer require access to network drives and company-licensed applications. So basically - at work, I now have Outlook, MS Word, and Excel, and my hard drive.
I'm not complaining.
So basically - I told folks that if there's any other questions they have (they won't, I think they're terrified of me), they can call; but I may only be coming in one or two more times, and then, just to get stuff from my desk.
I'm having some occasional moments of freak-out, where it seems like so many "to-dos" are circulating - and needing to be resolved before I can even proceed with the job search, proper. But I think I am pretty blessed, overall, with an enormous amount of resources (two career counselor services simultaneously running, one of them free - and the additional almost extra month of severance, since I'm getting paid through March 23 before the six-months kick in).
I've had a hard time relaxing, but I'm taking this afternoon off. Treating myself to a cup of coffee at Steamworks, and then a therapeutic massage session (I have three remaining from a package I bought during better times last summer) at a little place right across the street.
Also - I may have come across my first job lead - only incidentally, since I'm not officially in "search mode" yet. Technical writer with a geography background. More on that as/if it develops.
Oh, by the way - our hot water heater burst this morning, sending water shooting all over the basement floor.
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S of a B! The water heater must have caused one hell of a mess?
Glad that you are stumbling across leads and setting a true path of action.
Stay strong Sturdy Frame!
Damn. Our water heater died last month. Blech.
Stay on target.
I support the coffee. I think even in the toughest of times, I'd find a way to drop a couple dollars on a coffee and an hour to drink it, and read someone's leftover newspaper. It simply can't be the other way around.
We replaced our water heater last spring right before Easter. We went all out and got the high efficiency gas model.
We were fortunate to get it replaced before it exploded.
CL: Luckly, we were there at the time, and the w.h. is just a few feet from the floor drain, so we were able to get to it and shut off the water supply before anything got wet but the kitty litter box.
Stephen: Somehow, I'd have guessed you would have supported the cofeee.
CL (again): We're going with the high-efficiency model, and Sharon's dad should be able to help us do the install tomorrow. Mixx knows all the details.
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