My seasonal job is over. After 8 days. Over.
They told me when I was hired that the work would be 4 to 6 weeks. That was wonderful - just long enough for me to earn enough money to take care of some problems that came up after I lost my job so suddenly in early in January.
So, here it is 8 days later and the job is over. I had to turn in my badge when I was sent home at 3:30 this morning, so it. is. over. I am just not sure how I feel about this.
Physically, the job was killing me. My feet, ankles and hands are swollen to the point of the skin breaking open. I gained weight. My sleep and sleep patterns are in the toilet. My sugar - which I did have under decent control - is now up over 200 again. I have paper cuts all over my hands, too.
Monetarily, it will help make things right, but not it isn't enough. I expected a month!
I am happy that I won't have to drive downtown anymore - it was a very long drive. 36 miles one way, in fact. And then I had to drive home directly into the sun. Didn't help in the headache department...
I am happy that I can get back to sleeping with my husband, even though my sleep habits aren't the greatest in the world.
I am happy that I could do this little bit to help out in the situation that my losing my job helped create.
I am happy that I was still 'hire-able' at 54.
I am happy that I was able to do a good job (I keep telling myself that I did such an awesome job that the facility got through the work a lot quicker than usual. LOL).
I suppose I am very happy that I can now be 'retired' again and can work up different ways to get us out of the hole we are in. May having 5 paydays will help tremendously, and I have already made up plans for each of those paydays. I know, I know. Wanna make God laugh - make some plans! But I made plans for the monies I would earn, and now that is gone. What else ya gonna do?
I must accept the things that happened, and know that they happened for a reason. Doesn't mean I like it, just means I accept it. Life is quite the journey.
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