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
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…
well well well
Well well well. I have just joined the ranks of the gainfully unemployed. I got laid off. Effective immediately.
shopping
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?
good stuff
Gaming last night was an absolute riot. I think I’d better just do a sweeping general write-up of the last 3 sessions, because trying to break it down into detail is overwhelming me. But we had a terribly good time. :) Some of the highlights included Mia being boosted up on a balcony so she could sneak into a hotel room, and all the guys commenting about looking up her dress, which made Melissa (Mia’s player) blush so hard she got tears in her eyes, and Christopher’s mispronunciation of “braziers”…