Exactly one day before his birthday, and 3 days after his group signed another big contract with a HUGE client, Stephen got laid off from his job. Damn.Engineers don't get laid off, do they? I thought that was limited to us peons in the communications industry who work our asses off making sure our engineering/high tech clients look good, only to find out the 60+ hour work weeks we put in don't matter because PR to them doesn't matter.
But I digress.
Here we go again.
It wasn't that long ago - or was it?, almost 5 months now - that I was laid off. But 8 weeks after that hammer dropped, I was back in the line of gainfully employed.
So I should have been prepared. But when I got the call from him - ironically around the same time I called him those 5 months ago - I cried.
How do you not cry? I cried because the feelings I tried so hard to repress and forget came rushing back. I cried because of the uncertainty. And I cried because I'm a crybaby.
For his part, he was very stoic, and put on the bravest face. The same way I put on a brave face when I got "let go." His words were "we'll be fine." I remember when I uttered those same words to him.
It's a blessing. In disguise. Major disguise. We'll see what happens. We'll pull through this. We'll one day thank God that this happened.
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Maybe this means you should come back to Texas! I kid. :D But seriously, these things have a way of leading us in a slightly different direction we didn't see before or were too scared to take. You guys WILL be fine. In the meantime, I'm praying for you both.
i'll be praying for you guys!!
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