Okay, ladies, while I am not a regular contributor to this thread, can I come here to vent for a moment? I figure my girls can understand. Thanks.
In the last five weeks, I have lost the person on this planet that meant the most to me besides my fiancee. I know you're supposed to say you love your family the most, but I loved this kid from the moment she was born. Her mom was my theatre teacher and as she often says, I helped raise her. She died October 1st at 18. I have been a mess. Two weeks ago, my best friend lost the twins she was carrying. She was four months along. Last week, one of my dearest friends lost her grandmother unexpectedly. This friend, who barely knew the young friend I lost, and her wife drove 8 hours to my hometown to be with me through the memorial services. I feel horrible that I couldn't do the same for her.
Now, as if that wasn't enough... My mom lost her job today. Totally unexpectedly. She's an engineering assistant and has been for three years. She's been with the company for eight. She applied and was given this position with no experience, but they knew her and loved her. She has gotten nothing but praise until three months ago when her boss got a new boss. He's been very hard on her, telling her she needs to be doing more. She's tried to learn everything he said she should be doing. She's trying to teach herself from a book, as they didn't think taking a class was necessary and her boss had no time to teach her. The big new boss told her that she should be able to do her immediate boss's job. He's an ENGINEER. She is not. She's been out digging ditches and surveying property and staking the ground for poles to be put up, none of which was in her original job description. She's 53, 5'4" and teeny. She's the only woman in a building with around 40 men. So, the big boss came in this morning and started quizzing her about surveying the ground to place an electrical pole. She said she couldn't tell him, but she could show him if they could go to the field. He said never mind and left. He walked in at the end of the day and told her that she wasn't progressing enough for his liking and told her to clean out her desk. After eight years, her job is just gone. He took her phone. She'll lose her health insurance. It's ridiculous. And on a selfish note, I am saving to move to Sweden in May. Now I will probably have to help them out. Good times.
Is life going to get better?
/end vent. Thank you. I needed to type all that out.
Pretty pretty please don't you ever ever feel like you're less than
f**ckin' perfect!
Updated On: 11/3/09 at 11:40 PM