Roland’s boss had told her staff – “whoever has vacation coming up, take it now.”
Roland took off the last weekend in
July and returned on Tuesday. Meanwhile
he received an email from the school that everyone outside of Utah will be laid
off on September 6. It’s not a big
surprise for us. We have known for some
time that he could be laid off any day now. At least now had an idea of when.
Roland returned and worked a day and
a half when his boss asked if he had any sick leave. Roland told her yes and she told him to take
them off starting then. Monday was his
first day of sick leave and his last day of employment. Everyone was let go. So now what?
To be honest, he seems a lot more
worried than I. He’s been applying for
other jobs all along but felt a blow. I
wasn’t surprised. He’s putting in for
unemployment which seems to be more work as he has to report in each week and
file the “paper work” each time.
He feels like he is applying for the
same jobs over and over again and getting frustrated with lack of
communication. Welcome to my world,
babe! But God has a plan for us. I honestly believe that. He does not look at the situation with the
same eyes of faith that I do. We’ve
survived on less. We’ll be okay.
I have called dozens of companies
that are withdrawing automatic payments to either change banks or cancel
altogether. No more TV entertainment but
we will keep the internet. How else will
we be able to apply for jobs? I changed phone carriers – again – although for
the most part I think I would do okay without a phone. But that’s another post. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
Job hunting is frustrating. They say there is not discrimination with
hiring seniors or someone with a masters.
But there is. We’re getting up
there in years. We’re not as spry as we
were when we were 20 but we have grown in ways that the younger generation has
yet to experience. We’ll see up ahead eventually. The pandemic is not over. I think we may be better off if we are not working.
