Back soon for me
Well, come Monday, I'll be back at the shithole after 10 weeks out from my broken leg.
I need to give shout outs to Dr. Sterling Doster (leg Doc) and Rachael (my thera nazi) . I wasn't wholy certain that I'd be ready to go back...but I am. Sure, the muscles hurt when I've put them through my paces, and I NEED to lose a good 50 lbs....but considering all that I've been through, I'm oh so very grateful.
Crappy thing is: Mike's last day is 6/30/06. It's official, and he'll be without a job.
While I was off, I surfed the web daily for job opportunities, I put in about 17 resumes.............but no positive responses came back.
Two things are really against him (my opinion): #1 is his age. It's against the law to ask your age, but when your job history runs back to 1972.........duh! and #2 is the wage that he WAS working for. He'll NEVER get paid what he got paid as a UAW employee. Those days are over. Hell, I have 25 years as a classified skilled "Machinist" and I only get paid $22.00. Any new hires where I work can NOT come in any higher than $18.00/hr. I don't care if they are the best thing since sliced white bread. This "Globalizatation of America" is turning this country into a 3rd world country.
With the price of gas, and where we live.....we can't afford for him to take a $15/hr job in Indy and there are almost no jobs near here. So, as some smart asses have said ..."move". We'll grow our own vegies and raise our own meat before we move back to the armpit of the midwest. I can get insurance where I work, and I will do that. I'm not really looking forward to living like that, i.e. me bread winner, him not. I'm afraid that before too long, I'll start thinking like a man and expecting him to keep the house clean, have dinner ready for me when I get home, and shower me with attention and affection when I walk in the door. Yeah right!!!!!! Like thet's ever going to happen!!!! May pigs fly out of my ass first!
He WAS very helpful around here when I wasn't allowed to walk on my leg...but, oh brother....when I was able to get about and do stuff; he quit EVERYTHING! Oh, he'll tell you that I'm full-o-shit But if you had been a fly on the wall, you'd see that I am correct.
I understand that he's in a spot that he never thought that he'd be in at the age of 57 1/2. At that age, most folks are thinking about retiring, not starting over. What irks me the most, is that he's STILL buying stuff on e-bay, knowing that his seperation check won't probably get here for 8-10 weeks after his seperation. I can't understand...........where is his head?
Thanks for letting me vent. No one reads this anyway, but it's good therapy.
TTFN
I need to give shout outs to Dr. Sterling Doster (leg Doc) and Rachael (my thera nazi) . I wasn't wholy certain that I'd be ready to go back...but I am. Sure, the muscles hurt when I've put them through my paces, and I NEED to lose a good 50 lbs....but considering all that I've been through, I'm oh so very grateful.
Crappy thing is: Mike's last day is 6/30/06. It's official, and he'll be without a job.
While I was off, I surfed the web daily for job opportunities, I put in about 17 resumes.............but no positive responses came back.
Two things are really against him (my opinion): #1 is his age. It's against the law to ask your age, but when your job history runs back to 1972.........duh! and #2 is the wage that he WAS working for. He'll NEVER get paid what he got paid as a UAW employee. Those days are over. Hell, I have 25 years as a classified skilled "Machinist" and I only get paid $22.00. Any new hires where I work can NOT come in any higher than $18.00/hr. I don't care if they are the best thing since sliced white bread. This "Globalizatation of America" is turning this country into a 3rd world country.
With the price of gas, and where we live.....we can't afford for him to take a $15/hr job in Indy and there are almost no jobs near here. So, as some smart asses have said ..."move". We'll grow our own vegies and raise our own meat before we move back to the armpit of the midwest. I can get insurance where I work, and I will do that. I'm not really looking forward to living like that, i.e. me bread winner, him not. I'm afraid that before too long, I'll start thinking like a man and expecting him to keep the house clean, have dinner ready for me when I get home, and shower me with attention and affection when I walk in the door. Yeah right!!!!!! Like thet's ever going to happen!!!! May pigs fly out of my ass first!
He WAS very helpful around here when I wasn't allowed to walk on my leg...but, oh brother....when I was able to get about and do stuff; he quit EVERYTHING! Oh, he'll tell you that I'm full-o-shit But if you had been a fly on the wall, you'd see that I am correct.
I understand that he's in a spot that he never thought that he'd be in at the age of 57 1/2. At that age, most folks are thinking about retiring, not starting over. What irks me the most, is that he's STILL buying stuff on e-bay, knowing that his seperation check won't probably get here for 8-10 weeks after his seperation. I can't understand...........where is his head?
Thanks for letting me vent. No one reads this anyway, but it's good therapy.
TTFN
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