On August 27th 2010 I closed and locked the door to my employer's office for the last time. You see, after almost 20 years of my employer being in the market place (10 of those years I was a part of), my job no longer existed. The company I worked for no longer existed.
Talk about blow! I had always thought I would be at my last place of employment until; (a). I was let go or (2). I retired. Imagine my surprise!
I've been unemployed for almost 2 months now. At first, it was very difficult for me to accept not getting up every morning and reporting to a job that I actually liked. Then I started to look at being unemployed as a "vacay". That lasted for about 2 weeks.
I have applied for unemployment, so checking the Work In Texas website (http://www.workintexas.com/) every day, making sure I fulfill my obligations to generate my benefit check, that's about all of the "excitement" I encounter during the day. Of course, that doesn't include, having my quiet time with God, eating breakfast, playing with the dog (you'll learn more about Rowdy as this progresses), eating lunch, playing with the dog, watching "Let's Make a Deal", playing with the dog (is there a theme working here?). To be more precise, I had to find SOMETHING to do to make my days not so loonngg...
I have started reading "The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. It is suggested the reader only read a chapter a day, which I am doing. Which is good advise because I don't think I could retain more than one chapter at a time. So far, I have learned my purpose for being here on this earth and why God created me for "such a time as this." It's a work in progress.
Mia, your blog looks good! :0) I hope you share some pictures of Rowdy. I've never been a dog person until 3 years ago when we got Scooby. Now he's more than a pet, he's family. :0) I have read part of the Purpose Driven Life and always mean to get back to it. :0) Congrats on the blog - takes courage to do this, so good for you!
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