Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
Today is the 8th day of the 5th month and the 129th day of 2016 with only 230 shopping days left until Christmas:
Free Trade Day
Iris Day
Mother's Day [here in the US] -- this is the earliest possible day on which this holiday can fall
Mothers at the Wall Day
National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day
National Coconut Cream Pie Day
National Have a Coke Day
National Student Nurses Day
National Veal Ban Action Day
No Socks Day
Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
Victory in Europe Day -- the German army surrenders and WWII is over in Europe at least
World Ovarian Cancer Day
World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day
In 453 BC the house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin, long before that area became known to us as China. And today @NSFVoyager2 is currently 15 hrs 20 mins 52 secs of light-travel time from Earth (2016:129:000000:2L)
In my work career, I have been "let go" from two jobs. The first time it happened to me was in Alaska when the Teamsters decided that they could do without my services. Totally my fault that was too, one did not work in the headquarters and announce loudly that this was America and I did NOT have to stuff envelopes for the candidate of the union's choice just because I worked there. Unfortunately, having once worked for the Teamsters, I was in a quandry -- no union shop would hire me, and all the non-union shops were afraid that I was a plant to make them unionize, so they wouldn't hire me either. I ended up returning to Maryland, where I married my second husband [and father to my lovely daughter]. The second time was on this day in 2009 -- MainStreet Lenders gave me the choice of resigning or being fired. The reason given was a $5K error I had made back in March with the 1502 reporting, but the real reason was they felt that they could do without me, informing me that I would do much better in a larger organization. In retrospect, I had failed to convey the amount of work that I was processing each day and that they did not have sufficient resources allocated to the Loan Operations function. They learned very quickly that downsizing was not a good idea, but since they were acquired a few months later, it was not a position that was refilled. I had been given a couple weeks of severence pay, and before it ran out, I was hired by my current employer -- but this was the very beginning of the recession and I spent a couple of weeks in sheer terror that I would not be able to get another job. As a result, I decided not to continue the vetting process with the national company, but took a position locally with substantial cut in pay, explaining to the recruiter that I felt the job market was going to tighten even more. Best call I have made in my work career -- the other position evaporated as the economy got worse and while I worried a bit about working for a much smaller shop than MSL given their comments, I moved on.
Now, seven years later, I have to say that it all worked out for the best. The new job proved to be far less stressful and working for a place where people liked being together and liked me was a real boon. For the first time in forever [*coughs* sorry too much Frozen music, make that "in a long time"] I was treated as a professional and listened to. Not having to fight the commute downtown and not being expected to work 10 hours a day was good for me too. Things turned around for me -- I downsized and moved into a smaller apartment [and thus the Disaster Area was born], and my daughter took me to a doctor who accurately diagnosed both the MRSA and the type II Diabetes and treated me for both.
As for Mothers' Day: I hope that my mother has found a measure of peace at last. I miss Grandmom Hughes. And I am prouder than I can ever truly express in words to be the mother of Thomas and Jennifer, and the grandmother of Annelise and Lorelei.
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