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so . . . life is funny

i walked up the stairs from my little cubby to the director's office. i had actually worn an iron maiden t-shirt under my sweater as my little act of defiance for my termination meeting (ok - in fairness if it was real defiance i would not have worn the sweater but hey, we all have our limits).

i go in and oddly enough i'm not nervous. i actually felt very calm and even friendly. we joked around for a bit while waiting for another person to arrive. i figured the second person was coming to witness the termination or whatever so i was like cool. a friend of mine had been let go a few weeks before and she had gotten a fairly decent severence - 4 weeks pay, continuation of benefits for a bit longer, etc.

the other person arrives and my boss starts this spiel about how hard i work and how much i'm appreciated and then i think i kind of closed my eyes waiting for the ax and then . . .


they promoted me


i think i looked totally calm and almost non chalant about it. it really didn't hit me until i got back downstairs and in fact i ended up calling my boss about five minutes later to confirm that i had not just dreamed the conversation and to get the details of what that meant.

so - Rayne - you can tell Seri her room is safe and Dustin can avoid the awkward task of helping me learn Guitar Hero (i never can get the hang of that thing).

i will say that Rayne's post put a tear in my little simian eye. it is good to know that there are truly good people in the world and Rayne and her family are those people.

so much love to my HDC family - i'm still in the freezing north (though will be working harder)

life is funny