Its been a very busy week in my household. We had a baby girl last monday named Nina:
Her and my wife got to come home last friday, its been sleepless nights since. I had almost forgotten that babies live, sleep, eat, and cry on their own schedule
She had a few problems starting out, mainly with eating, but she's catching on and doing really well right now.
I got a call from my boss this morning saying that my job has been eliminated along with many others. I called around to find my coworkers and foundout that 1/2 of the company has been laid off, with just a skeleton crew left in production to finish a final project, and just enough support staff to followup on it and get it to the customers. Looks like most of the business might be shutting down for good
Wife cried a bit, I almost feel relieved though. I made a really good salary there for the last 7 years and I knew going in to the job that the place might fold down the road- it was a new business when I joined. Its been really stressful there for the last several months as we knew we were under the gun, and our company president who founded the company was voted off the company board 2 weeks ago. 5 hours after being let go today, I already have a few leads on job openings in the area in the same industry from calling former coworkers and people I've worked with at different companies in the past.
I feel like I'm kind of at a crossroads. My wife knows that the job that I have been doing is not what I want to do for the rest of my life, I knew it too, but the money was too good to leave. I could probably find employment elsewhere easily for maybe 3/4 of what I was being paid, or pursue something else for a lot less money in the short term, but more stability in the long run and in something I've been wanting to do for a long time- I'm thinking about looking for an electrician's apprenticeship.
