[Oh Haha]

After 3 months with the new company I was bumped by an employee with more seniority. They eliminated his route and he is able to bump into our branch. I was the low man on the list. That's the way it goes.

I'm not as upset as I was when I was laid off from my other company in Feb.

Honestly, I was having a hard time liking the route work. I thought that I could just jump back into the hourly position and be happy. Uh, uh.


I plan to take full advantage of this new development and set myself up for schooling through some of the new programs for laid off people. I don't really know what yet but I am going to look into several areas before deciding. I figure I am sort of looking a making a clean start and I could pretty much go in any direction, within reason of course.

My wife and I both sent out online apps Friday evening. We figure one of us SHOULD get a call back at some point. If she gets hired I will stay at home with the kids, at least for the summer. Daycare costs would eat up most of our budget so we want to try to have one of us at home until the kids get into full time school.

I will get unemployment benefits and those will cover our monthly bills. It'll be close but doable with a bit more changes to be made.

We are supposed to know about my pension in June and that we can dip into if needs arise.


I feel like a bum but I know that so many others are in the same position through no fault of their own that I am going to try to actually enjoy the time and focus on what I want to do in the future. I'm not one to sit around and do nothing so I will keep busy as best I can. i know I can do some jobs for cash for my in-laws and other relatives.