Someone Who Understands
As most of you know, I lost my job a couple months ago in a round of cutbacks. I still remember the pain and confusion I felt as I sped out of the company parking lot for the last time, with my former boss’s luxury sports car in my rear view mirror.
My friends have been great at listening to me vent about losing my job, and they have been so supportive – some bought me coffee, one special gal bought me some grilled cheese & champagne!! But, I felt like they didn’t “really” understand what I am going through.
But today I discovered someone out there really understands what it is like to be unemployed! He even wrote a touching article full of tips to help me get through this time. I highly recommend it. So, check out, “It Sucks to Be You” by Pete Humes over at RVAnews.
Alicia,
someone else with your same pithy writing style! i especially liked #9, “shave your pets”! Glad you found someone who understands what you are going through!
Adele
Dear DIL – your reference to Peter Humes’ writing reminds me of my sophomore year in college, which at the time was the worst year of my life, or so it seemed at the time… Anyway, being in a engineering program, my classmates and I had a highly technical view of the world that led our group to adopt a worldview that “there is no such thing as gravity, the world sucks!” In the subsequent 40+ years, there have been times when that still seems true but, thankfully, there have been times of great joy. FIL