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My dad's dying from lung cancer. He was diagnosed 23 months ago, and he's been doing chemo and radiation. He was on his third round of chemo this past December, and when I went to see him for Christmas he had really declined since I'd last seen him in October. In October he was obviously ill, but he didn't look too different and he was mobile. We ( Read more... ) -
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Apparently I only write when I'm miserable. Usually that's while unemployed, but right now my job is making me so miserable I've found myself opening old Word docs and pounding away at the keyboard. I always thought it was the free-time aspect of being unemployed that led me to write, but now I see it's just the depression part. It's good to know ( Read more... ) -
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I've run over here from Facebook to hide. I feel like no one likes me today. I'm sure it's all in my head, but I've learned to let these thing run their course ( Read more... ) -
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Life has normalized a bit. I cashed out my 401K, so I have money in the bank. And tomorrow I start a temp job at a piddly $15 an hour. But that will pay the bills so I don't have to use up all the 401K money. It's nice to be able to breath again, even if it does mean I'll be working phone support for the first time in my life. I somehow ( Read more... ) -
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I may have an interview coming up. I found out that one of the guys who was laid off with me from eBay was working at a place I had applied to, so I asked him to pass on my resume to HR. He did, but he wrote back to warn me that they were "a little concerned that your resume looks like you jump around a lot." But he did say they were going to ( Read more... ) -
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So, per my previous post, I was one of the unlucky ones who got let go at work when the project was over. No hanging on til the next project for me. On the one hand it was completely expected. When I was hired I was told it would probably run into early January then end. So nothing I can complain about there. On the other hand, they did pick ( Read more... ) -
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Hi world. So still at the seasonal job for at least a few more days. Change is in the air, so I could be jobless soon. Or I could be there through June. Waiting to find out ( Read more... ) -
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