i don’t think i mentioned that it’s been 20 or so years since i was laid off. great lakes, a cold-calling telemarketing place went out of business and i was without a job for a little bit. unemployment, and the whole thing.
so, the past couple weeks have been pretty much a roller coaster.
i managed to a nab up a nice macbook pro from craigslist. to be honest, i really miss my mac at work. the keyboard is nice, the operating system is nice, everything is nice.
i tend to do this thing where, when something kinda bad (or terrible) happens to me, i treat myself to new toys. i justified this one by convincing myself that, if i’m going to freelance, i’ll surely need a machine on which to test websites! surely!
in other news, last night, we drove out to middleton to meet with some ex-coworkers and have some dranks. the funniest bit is that i always joked about not winning a doll ever. they’d have drawings and random employee party things where someone would win a doll, and it was never me… i think it became a thing. regardless, a typical ending to employment-by-choice is that the employee would receive a doll that looks like them.
of course, i look a little different than most, so have always been secretly looking forward to what that doll might end up being like. thankfully, my very good friends were able to finagle a doll for me.
yep.
i got a doll.