Unemployment

Hello my fellow bloggers! Boy have I got crushing news: Friday at 5pm my boss let me go. I was in total shock. I so did not see this one coming. It sucks. It really, really sucks. Even more so since Joe's been out of work since April! (He did get a side job this weekend so that will help out big time.) About a month ago boss hired this advisor to check out the company and suggest how to run it more smooth. Well I guess one of the suggestions was letting me go. Why? Well the excuse I was given: "The changes I'm making to the company are going in a different direction. Therefore your services are no longer needed." WTF? I was the accounting department. No one else did anything in accounting but me. I handled 3 companies' books plus the dad boss' personal stuff and his company. I think the advisor told him that he could find someone else to do the job and pay them less than what he was paying me. Oh well. Their loss. I figure now I can really enjoy Valentine's day and Mother's day with the added work stress. (It was the floral industry and those were the biggest holidays each year. Let me say CRAZINESS!) I was quite upset and emotional about this. I went into shock. Couldn't sleep that night or anything. So yesterday and today I took out my fustrations in my yard. I've mowed, I've weedwhacked and I've picked up crap to throw away. Once again my yard looks like a liveable place not a jungle. And I'm feeling it too! My arms hurt, my legs hurt, my back hurts, I have blisters on my hands. But I sure do have a nice yard to look at now. =) Maybe I even threw away those few lbs I was trying to rid of?!

So I figure this is my "push" I needed to jump start my graphic design career. I've been in touch with my career counslor from school and I plan on talking to her tomorrow to tell her my change of plans and I'm ready to dive in. I am going to take this week "off" though. Sara and I are going to Ocala to my parents get away place and enjoy some much needed mommy-daughter time. It will just be me and her. We will go kayaking and we are definately planning a float on a tube down Rainbow River. SO looking forward to that!!

Until next time...

Europe

Sorry I haven't blogged in a while. With school over, Europe trip done and work just about caught up I'm trying to get back in the swing of things. It's tough because I'm hooked on the Twilight book series. All I want to do is read! And all I think about is Edward! lol

I said I'd share some pictures from my trip so here are some:

On the plane arriving to London (it was a loooonngggg flight!)

At Buckingham Palace (the Queen wasn't home)

Crazy socks. Yes they wore them all day in London which they fit right in with the London style but they did get some funny looks in Paris. lol

Me at the Tower of London

Sara and her friends all wearing Paris hats. (It was easy to keep track of them!)

Nearby the Eiffel Tower

Sara and her friend at the Eiffel Tower

Looking down upon Paris from the top of the Eiffel Tower


It was an awesome trip and I would love to go back to Paris on my own. Our tour guide kinda sucked but overall it was just absolutely amazing! Our favorite experience was going to the top of the Eiffel Tower. Too cool!!

I'm back!

I'm back from my Europe trip which was absolutely awesome! I also became an auntie again! Things are a little crazy at work since I have a week's worth of stuff to catch up on. So I will have to give you the fun details of my trip later but you can read about my new niece here.