Please stop the roller-coaster

[bluegargantua]

Hey,

So earlier this week my dad went into surgery to get a tumor removed.

The surgery went really well and there's hope that a mis-diagnosis means the tumor is actually benign (we'll know more tomorrow). Even if it's not, the prognosis is much, much better than initial reports would've suggested.

So things are looking up.

Today I got laid off from my job.

so...yeah...
Tom

Comments

[badseed1980.livejournal.com]

Oy vey! What a week. I'm sorry! *hugs*

[kcatalyst.livejournal.com]

Um. Wow. Here, have a drink.

[veek.livejournal.com]

Oh, Tom, that sucks! I'll be saving up hugs for whenever I see you next, after I'm back in town at the end of this weekend.

I'm so sorry!

[avivasedai.livejournal.com]

That is indeed a roller-coaster, with a snake pit at the end. }:-< I hope your dad recovers quickly, as do you. *hug*

[bryant]

Oh, jeeze, I'm sorry. Good luck with whatever comes next.

[beowabbit]

I’m really sorry. (But glad about your dad’s surgery!)

For reference, in case any of us happen to stumble across anything, what sort of do you do/are you looking for?

[sweets00.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry Tom. Sending good thoughts your way. *hug*

[melebeth]

Ugh. *hug* That sucks. I'm sorry.

[debsquared.livejournal.com]

:::hugs:::

[underwatercolor.livejournal.com]

*hugs* :)

[jesscurve.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[coraline]

*hugs*

[asciikitty.livejournal.com]

*hugs* love

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Today I got laid off from my job.

Well, crap.

Sympathy, old friend.

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

I"m really sorry. Although glad about the good dad prognosis. You're way marketable, though! More marketable than me, even with my fancy letters.

[rintrahroars.livejournal.com]

Wow. Ummm, *focusing on the positive* Glad your dad's prognosis is looking up! *hugs!*

[minerva42]

eep! I'm sorry.

[missionista.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things are looking better for your dad, and I hope the layoff leads to bigger and better things for you. (and your pants!)

[aroraborealis.livejournal.com]

AAAaaargh :(

Happy to hear about your dad. Sorry to hear about your job. Drinks soon!

Hoping for smoother waters ...

[primal-pastry.livejournal.com]

Jeebus, man! Keep your arms down and your seatbelt fastened.

[bluepapercup]

Wow. I'm really glad things are looking up for your dad.

What a bummer about the job though... :( Hang in there!

[bkdelong.livejournal.com]

I have made a bit of.a hobby of leveraging my professional and personal network to help peers, family, friends, and acquaintences find work by taking job listings they are looking at and seeing if I know someone within the company (or group within the company) that you're applying to work at. A few times I've gotten a resume directly to a hiring manager, sometimes I'm one or two people removed.

I still recomend applying through standard means so your resume is in the system should said company be interested but it has proven to fasttrack the process when it works.

Happy to help where I can - bkdelong@pobox.com

[boxninja.livejournal.com]

Hey Big Guy, sending good thoughts your way.

-Gregor

[katatonic-state.livejournal.com]

Aghad! I'm sorry to hear about your job. If you want, get Wombat your resume. Partners is hiring great guns right now so he might be able to help you out.

I'm glad to hear things are looking up for your dad. Send your parents my love. :)

Whoa

[drwex]

Now there's a kick in the nuts. Sorry to hear about it.

Glad your dad's OK at least.

Dad info Good!

[nikin.livejournal.com]

Job vanishing bad :-(

sending many hugs

}}}}U{{{{

[satyrgrl.livejournal.com]

Ugh, that's a hard year's worth of stress in one week. Yay for your dad, boo for your employers, and hugs for you.

[rapha.livejournal.com]

Oh no!!

I'm so sorry to hear that.

*hugs* too.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help.

[pfloyd.livejournal.com]

Yay for your dad, Boo for you. Sorry, halfling...

[chienne-folle.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. I'm very sorry to hear that you got laid off from your job, but I'm glad to hear that your dad is going to be all right.

Any day you get laid off is a bad day. Any day a relative is shown not to have cancer after all is a good day. Sheesh. How do you reconcile a day like THAT?

*hug*

[invader-haywire.livejournal.com]

Glad your Dad is ok. Sorry to hear about the job. If you are interested in doing TS, we have a job opening, butit may be less than what you are looking for.