We all know the Brian McKnight song back at one, right? Okay, maybe I’m old.. but that’s one of the first things that popped in my head when I received the news on Friday morning that I was let go, due to AI taking over my position. If you know the song you know it does not connect at all to a job or job loss. But, I feel like it expresses the emotion that I had upon getting the news. I was in a position to build up on my career and finally felt that I was moving forward… and then bam, here I am, back at one.
I was mad, angry, frustrated, appalled, weepy, sad… all the things that come with the stages of grief.
Fortunately I had taken a trip to Idaho this weekend to spend time with my friend Whitney, so I did not have to get the news alone in my apartment feeling lonely and sad.
Driving home today the hits kept coming… literally. My car was hit with a flying tacklebox out of the back of a fishing boat, and then the windshield took a nice hit with a rock from a truck and now I have two separate insurance claims to make. **eyeroll**
However, there always seems to be a rainbow in the middle of the storms of life if you look hard enough. My rainbows are as follows:
- I got to spend some awesome time away from the normal pressures of life and enjoy time with a really great friend and her family.
- We watched some college football.
- I made my mom’s delicious chexmix recipe that is now in high demand at the Morris household, making me a little bit of a hero. 🙂
- We almost finished a 1,000 piece puzzle in 4 sittings
- I got amazing new recipes for vegetarian meals/salads. (See featured image -https://yummybeet.com/2018/11/19/roasted-butternut-squash-with-spicy-onions/) So delicious!
- We went to a fruit stand and got some delicious home grown apples, peaches and pears.
- I got to hang out with my favorite puppy Florence.
- I got a blessing from brother Morris and it helped me feel at peace with what was happening and my next steps.
- I have been creating a small food storage in response to some promptings I’ve had, this may be the reason?
- Since leaving her house this morning, I have had 3 requests to dog-sit, and applied to 4 jobs and recognized that sometimes bad things have to happen to allow the better things to take place.
I guess in the end, its a bad situation that has potential to create an entire new way for me to succeed anid progress.
As for the songs about rainbows… I think they remind us that better things await and there is always tomorrow to grow and learn.
Wander Girl 
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