One year ago today 3,025 people lost their lives in a terrorist attack on the US. Today I lost my job. But somehow I realize that my loss is so small compared to the victims of September 11th, 2001. Tonight we had a special prayer service at church. During that service I realized God has truly blessed us. Blessed us with a strong military, strong leadership, and strong people. We survived to live another year.
This year changed me. Somehow I am always looking over my shoulder, always checking out the current news to see if anything has happened. For a few weeks afterwards I had trouble sleeping. I believed there was a good chance of me getting drafted. I will never look at an airplane or a tall building the same way again.
So I got laid off today. I’ll be formally told about it with a meeting at HR tomorrow. I won’t use the sour grapes scenerio. I liked my job. I liked working from home for one year. I enjoyed the business trips to Boone, North Carolina, Reno, and Ottawa. I enjoyed what I did. I felt like I made a difference. But like all good things, it must come to an end. Somehow I knew things were going downhill when I got the feeling my new manager didn’t have a clue as to what I did.
So I’ll have some free time on my hands while I look for a job. We’ll see what happens…..