Jobless...

Well, today was not my best day. The stress at work was really getting to me, and I decided that I needed to make sure that my boss knew that I was still stressed. I didn't expect anything to really come of it, just that he'd be aware. However, as we got to talking, the discussion moved to how I fit in at Signal. To make a long story short, I don't have a long-term future there. I can understand, but admittedly I'm still in shock about the whole thing. I've updated the resume, posted it online, I've reopened my Monster account and I'll be looking starting immediately. Good thing is, they're going to keep me on for the next ~ 30 days to do knowledge-dumping from me to Sara. And they're going to be flexible with regards to interviews, so I still get paid, and I can arrange interviews. This deal also comes with a good recommendation to companies that call, and knowledge that I'm OK on the job until the end of the month. Of course, I'll certainly miss the job - I don't expect to find a well-paying job that combines both programmer and network admin in one job. Not for what I want in pay, at least! I think I'll stay in the small-medium business sector, but I probably won't be able to stay in the medical field. For now, I'm just taking this weekend to calm down, relax, realize that the world will not end, that I do not hate the people at my now-old work, and that I can move on and get an even better-fitting job. One that challenges me like my current one stopped doing 2 years ago. In the end, everything should be OK, if not better. It just sucks in the short term.