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12187. Magoseph - 11/20/2004 11:03:16 PM Hello, what a nice surprise to see you back, Christi. What on earth happened with your job? Have you decided to retire--aren't a little too young for that? 12188. christipeters - 11/20/2004 11:14:46 PM Massive reorg, gutting my division, resulted in my being laid off as of last Tuesday. (along with a LOT of other people) Great separation package though.
I'm actually still officially working for my company until Dec. 16. However, my only "job" is to find another job, preferably in the company. There are job openings set aside for internal filling and a subset of those are set aside specifically to be filled only by one of us that are being laid off. I have use of my office and company assets for that use until 12/16.
My company also contracted an outplacement service for all of us that we have access to until we have a job or decide to quit trying. Plus there's soe educational benefits too that I haven't quite scoped out yet.
To tell the truth, I just emerged from shock and got my brain working again yesterday. 12189. Ms. No - 11/20/2004 11:17:55 PM Christi!!! Wonderful to see you --- I am literally running out the door but I'll look forward to seeing you here in the Cafe more often! 12190. judithathome - 11/20/2004 11:19:03 PM Christi, hello! Sorry to hear about your job. There seems to be a lot of this going around in North Texas.
How is Lil Darlin'? 12191. christipeters - 11/20/2004 11:25:48 PM Not so little anymore! She's 16, a Junior in high school with her eyes firmly fixed on the College prize. I'm sure I bragged enough in the past that y'all remember she's always been in the GT program and always been on the high honor roll. This year she's taking four AP classes (US. History, Latin 4, Studio Art, and English) her other 4 classes are Pre-AP GT Pre-calculus, Pre-AP GT Physics, and a two class block of Heath Science that includes clinicals at the local hospital. Her current rotation is in the cath lab. She's in SIX service clubs, too.
(Makes me tired just to type it) 12192. christipeters - 11/20/2004 11:31:32 PM Oh, and I got her a car, too. A 95 Geo Prism with 150,000 miles on it, but it runs and she loves it. 12193. christipeters - 11/20/2004 11:31:50 PM TTFN 12194. judithathome - 11/20/2004 11:32:56 PM Sounds cool! What college will she wind up going to? 12195. christipeters - 11/20/2004 11:57:46 PM Who knows? 12196. arkymalarky - 11/21/2004 2:11:28 AM Hey Christi!
Great going, Lil D! 12197. christipeters - 11/21/2004 5:13:31 AM Hey Arky! 12198. OhioSTOPAS - 11/21/2004 2:14:14 PM Good to hear from you, Christi! Don't let the layoff get you down. Good people get laid off for reasons beyond their control and unrelated to their job performance, and everyone knows that.
And your daughter sounds terrific, as always! (I also happen to be the proud parent of a remarkable, accomplished 16-year-old girl!) 12199. Magoseph - 11/21/2004 2:55:00 PM Great, Ohio, but can we know more about her? I did not have terrific teenagers, but somehow they turned into responsible adults, rather successful in their careers and quite able to deal with occasional vicissitudes. 12200. christipeters - 11/21/2004 3:20:11 PM Ohio - Thanks. I was stunned at first, but now I'm kinda relieved and enjoying having options. I got a great severence package and I know it wasn't anything about me. The company gutted the whole division. So obviously it's just a change in business strategy.
I echo Magoseph - do tell us about your girl. After all talking about our wonderful kids is a parent's favorite pastime. 12201. thoughtful - 11/21/2004 4:52:57 PM Christip! Welcome back! So sorry to hear about the layoff though. That sucks.
I can't believe lil'd is 16 already! Yikes!
Good to have you back and hope you keep frequenting the joint.
Thanks all for the kind words about my room redo. The critters on the bed are also souvenirs from trips...the bunny is Balboa Bunny, remembrance of our trip to san diego and the otter is named potter, a remembrance of our trip to FL nature reserve where we lucked out and canoed by a couple of river otters...most exciting! 12202. thoughtful - 11/21/2004 5:02:40 PM Re dust, well, I guess I just live with a lot of it. Especially in the winter when we have the wood stove going, we get ash dust everywhere. Very messy.
The froufrou stuff though is all quite washable. The way I do the flower arrangements is simply to fill the sink with cold water with a little bit of soap in it and turn the arrangement upside down and swosh. Then i rinse off the soap with the sink sprayer and place them outside to dry. Since I've made the arrangements myself, I anchor them so they can be turned. Rarely have i had problems with any of the blossoms...occasionally the glue on the back of a leaf will let go and I just reglue it. 12203. arkymalarky - 11/21/2004 6:04:06 PM Luckily for us our teen (about to be a non-teen Thursday when she turns 20) was a much better teen than either of us. Bob and I were awful. Mose has come with a few bumps, but very few and very minor.
Great to see the Cafe hopping. I hope it continues--it fits a holiday mood. After I finish this paper I hope to have more leisure time for Moting than I have in a long, long while--3 or 4 years. I'm certain to after the regular state legislative session ends, hopefully by the end of February. 12204. PelleNilsson - 11/21/2004 9:09:49 PM You mean you have artificial flowers, thoughtful? 12205. Dubai Vol - 11/21/2004 9:38:14 PM I'm sure a few of you have seen me around here and there, but I've been lurking more than posting for a while. I just stopped in here to say how impressed I am with the community you all have built here on the Mote. A bunch of nice folks, and a good place to visit. Happy holidays to you all, and expect to see a kinder, gentler side of me around these parts. Guess I'm getting too old to be an angry young man ALL the time.... 12206. arkymalarky - 11/21/2004 9:43:37 PM Hey Dubai! Please come by more often!
You need to talk to my husband Bob. He's becoming an angry old (53) man.
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