How Long Has It Been????
October 12, 2008 @ 3:59 p.m.

So how long has it been now???

Well, I just got laid off on the 9th. I cried. I tried so hard at that company to help with the moral of the staff. I was a drafter and I would from time to time bring in donuts, bagels, coordinate potlucks. So for the owner to tell me...the economy blah, blah, blah, I had to put $60,000 of my savings.....blah, blah, blah. I cut him off and said, you're laying me off. So I applied for unemployment. Luckily the amount that I will be getting is based off of Oct-Nov-Dec 2007 which I received a bonus, which made me make alot in that quarter so I'm going to receive the highest amount per week that Unemployment will give out. I've been working in the Architectural industry now for 4 years, and now that the economy is the way that it is, no one is building which means no one needs any plans drawn up. Before I went to school I was doing freight claims for trucking companies. I liked that, but it seems that a lot of companies have a hiring freeze because things are slow. I did my bills and I'm going to be about $1700 short a month. I'm thinking about going to a Temp Agency on Monday. They've always been good to me. I'm just scared, with how the economy has been I don't know what to expect.

I just finished reorganizing my office. Since I've been so busy at work I never had the time to really go through everything. Well yesterday and today I had the time. I can see my desk again. LOL!!

I also have a few sewing projects that I've been working on for the last month, so now that I'll have some time I can finish the important one that needs to get done for Halloween. I'm making my neice a ladybug costume. So far it's really cool. I brought it over to make sure the size was good and it fits great. Her mom, my sister, said it looks just like the picture on the pattern. It make me feel good to do things for the kids. After that's done, I'll probably finish the quit for my sister. I'm making it for Christmas. Then I have another one for my friend Cherrie. She's way COOL.. I have a lot of craft projects that I can finish too. If they are done by Christmas I might be able to give them out as gifts. There's nothing like a homemade gift.

Well I'm not going to make any promises of when I'll be back. I've been on Myspace A WHOLE LOT. But take care everyone, and I hope that this crisis that we are having hasn't gotten to you either.

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