Happy

Ok, so for those that don't see me on Facebook, big news. Wifey is pregnant with our first child!!! I am so excited!! We have been trying since about 2005, so this is welcome news. I don't care if I am laid off, I will pick up cans if I have to. I'm just very happy right now.

So my unemployment application was accepted, but I can't do anything about it until April 1st. Why? Because I'm still technically employed. Frekkin furlough. But on the bright side I have an appointment with WorkSource on the 2nd. Maybe I can get a grant to go to school for IT. It is a high demand job, and according to them still growing. Crossing my fingers.

I also can't touch my 401k until after the 31st, but I am thinking of saving that until we have the baby. Ugh. I am really starting to hate what TSS is doing to us.

All this free time I have had lately has really helped me to open my eyes to a lot of things. So many things can be done with a few hours a day. I am actually enjoying this a little right now. I know I won't when bill time comes around again, but for now I am in a happy place.

Nobody gonna break a my stride

It's easy to get depressed. It's easy to give up. Sometimes it just takes over. I still haven't lost the weight I want to. Still haven't completed those project I wanted to. And to top it off, I got laid off. As of the 31st, I will be unemployed. For the first time in 18 years, I will wake up with no job to go to. Technically I haven't worked since the 11th, but I was on furlough. Technically still had a job, just no work. It'll be official on the 31st.

I have mostly good memories of my time at The Scooter Store. Mostly. There were a couple of bad, deceitful things going on for a short period of time. But they have a way of correcting themselves. I will miss everyone from that office. I will miss all the customers. I had the privilege of working both in the office and in the field. I got the best of both worlds.

But my biggest worry is about the customers. TSS laid of 1500 people. Only 300 people work for them nation wide. Where will they get service when their chairs and scooters break down? Who can they call? Most cannot afford repairs out of pocket, and no sane DME company will touch TSS equipment with Medicare not reimbursing. Very sad.

So what to do? Anything I want. I was always told to go to work by my dad. Bills had to be paid. Unfortunately, because I did that, I have no education outside high school. That will soon change. I have decided to go to school to enter the IT field. It's something I have wanted to do for years but was just too busy. I'm not doing much anything now, so I got time.

I feel relief that I no longer have to worry about ordering inventory, or cycle counting the 86 location, but a small part of me wishes I did. I will miss DME, but I must close that that chapter of my life. I'm not gettin any younger!!!