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Well I suppose the biggest change in my life right now is the fact that on Friday 11/26/10 I was fired. Everyone keeps asking me what happened and to be honest I’m not quite sure myself. I knew things had been rough at work and no one was particularly happy due to being over worked and no one having gotten a raise in almost 2 years despite us all having to take on extra responsibilities and having some of our benefits taken away but I never dreamed I would get fired. I am a hard worker and I go above and beyond a lot of the time. However, apparently my co-workers and boss chose me as the scape goat. There have been a couple of instances over the past months where my co-workers (one in particular) have complained to my boss about me for stupid petty reasons, like me not staying later then the 30 min over I had already worked because I had a Dr.s appointment. These situations were easily cleared up once my boss got all sides of the story. I didn’t think there was an issue since I was never given even a formal verbal warning let alone write-up about anything. I thought she was beginning to see that they were just picking on me to pick but apparently their whining got to her and she felt the solution was to get rid of me. Unfortunately this seems to be the pattern there. In the 5+ years I worked there I saw it happen with 2 other people in one case she was fired and in the other they made it so miserable for her that she quit, which is exactly what they tried doing with me, which is why I started looking for a new job a couple of months ago. I, however, was too stubborn to quit without a job lined up and my boss got to emotional to wait.

I say she got to emotional because that is exactly what it was, a temper tantrum that had very little to do with me and a lot to do with her. You see she was diagnosed with cancer in July and has been undergoing chemo for months, unfortunately she found out a few weeks back that the chemo is not working so they switched her to a new chemo that has been taking its toll on her. That combined with the stress of a fast weekend trip to see her new husbands family for thanksgiving and her favorite employee complaining was apparently more than she could handle. She called me into her office friday night after she had gotten back from her trip and basically told me “I’m pissed off at you so you need to give me your keys and leave”. I tried to talk to her to understand what was going on and plead my case but she wouldn’t even take the time, she just kept saying “give me your keys and get out”. The whole conversation lasted less than 5 minutes. So I got my stuff together and left, barely saying goodbye to my co-workers.

Tomorrow morning I plan to go to the unemployment office and file for unemployment and get information on how to file wrongful termination since there was no legitimate reason for her to fire me and she didn’t present me with my last check which Colorado law requires her to do at the time that she fires me.

Needless to say Brian and I are stressed about finances and how we are going to make it. As I said earlier I had looked for a job before and no one was hiring. Obviously I am not going to give up looking but unfortunately this is the slow time of year in my field so it will be tought.

On a happier note, our friends and family are great! We have already had a bunch of people offer to help if we need anything, offer possible job leads and tons of prayers. We thank and love you all so much! We couldn’t do this without the support of our friends and family.

We know God is in control of our lives because we have given them to Him and trust Him to take care of us. Even in this tough time I praise Him and thank Him. He knew I was miserable there and that it was effecting my emotional and physical health so he has freed me from it. Once I got over the initial shock and panic I felt a great weight lifted off my shoulders. Now I just have to trust and follow Him because I know He will not give me anything I can’t handle with His help and I know He wont lead me into something He can’t get me through.

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