I didn’t get up until 8:30 today because I DIDN’T HAVE TO. :)

Ok, I’ve called the student loan people and warned them that I’m unemployed and that I may at some point need to defer or forebear my loans. I’ve filed for unemployment. I’ve called the Alaska Club to see if we can get out of the contract early. I’ve even looked at local job listings. I guess that’s all she wrote, then.

More details: It’s nothing personal. “CHI is in a maintenance mode and they’ll be utilizing the web resources available through Caremark and AdvancePCS.” No reflection on my abilities as an employee, it’s all financial. Just as I expected. 3 months severance, 3 months optional insurance, 3 months “we’ll help you find a job with our outreach (or something like that) program.” Also I will still be eligible for the retention bonus that’ll be paid out in May-ish, which is a big plus, and I’ll be getting my vacation paid out…

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Well well well. I have just joined the ranks of the gainfully unemployed. I got laid off. Effective immediately.

We went Christmas shopping today. Ted got new shoes and I got new boots. For right now, not for Christmas. What? Isn’t that how it works?