Well....I'll have more time to work on my truck now..

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...though maybe not money.

Lost my job on Monday night (6 years as a programmer though most of what I did was really maintenance and data shuffling).

Not really unexpected as the company was bought out just before Christmas and I was pretty sure the new owners would find me redundant.

I've signed up at our local tech school to learn Industrial Instrumentation. I'm not worried about financial things falling apart; my wide makes enough teaching flute lessons that we should be OK (though maybe steak won't be on the menu as often and I'm going to kind of have to gonzo-repair the body on my cab so I can get the thing on the road ). Lots of good friends too so life's not bad but here's my whine list;

1; lost job (it was time to move on anyway)
2; expecting our first daughter at the end of June
3: landlord phoned up on Monday (same day I got my "other" news) to tell us he has an offer on his property and we will likely be asked to vacate in the next year.

I'm kind of babbling but I just felt like posting.

Thanks all!

Greg

(BTW does anyone have a copy of the burnout/breakdown smilie?)