Goodbye Empire

It's hard to figure out how to start this post. I've started it 3 times & just keep erasing it. At least doing that has given me a way to start! I'm really unsure if anyone actually reads this. In the beginning of this blog, I would occasionally get feedback from a friend, but I don't hear much anymore as she has become VERY busy in her life, & I haven't gotten a 'comment' since last year, so it's hard to tell if another person besides, well, ME, reads this. But anyhow, here's what's going on: today I was a part of the workforce reduction at my job of nearly 6 years. Yes, I am very saddened by this not only because of how strapped for cash we already were (strapped in the sense that we went deeper into debt every month) but because I honestly just loved my work. I've already started updating my resume (not only did I have to update my address, phone number, etc, but I had to update my own NAME! I'd gotten married & moved twice since I last updated that dusty old thing!), I've started the process for receiving unemployment, given my info to a job recruiter, perused some adds on craigslist & picked up an application for saloon staff at a nearby restaurant! My biggest worry now is losing this huge hard-to-clean house that I've finally come to see as 'home' as I've watched my little girls growing up here. So in other words, today really sucked.