Adios & fare thee well, '05...
Can't say I'm sorry to see you go. I woke up this morning — thinking about the promises '05 seemed to hold a year ago — only to witness not only my own dreams but thousands of others shattered into a million pieces during these 365 days from heaven & hell.
At the beginning of '04, my boss & I were planning & building a million $ plus internet spin-off based on the retail/wholesale business we were involved in, & were off to a roaring start. That is, until jealousy crept in & I walked into my office on 2/14, only to to told by the COO that my job had been outsourced & to pack it in. An hour later I was at home, my future dashed & terrified of the future. Yesterday I received news that my boss (former president & CEO for 26 years) & who had built the busines into what it is, had been booted as well, two days before Xmas - no notice, no thanks, no nothing — that the woman who'd built their restaurant from a half-baked $100 grand operation to over half a million success, had also been booted recently. Many lifes have been set back by this group of ruthless, heartless, greedy know-it-alls who are going to do nothing but destroy what could have been a wonderful, booming business.
Despite being on un employment, things went along pretty smoothly — at least until Tommy came back into my life. It was all so perfect & I would have bet my last buck we would have been married (or seriously committed) by now, but then Katrina came along & tore everything asunder (not just for us, but for all of those who lost everything). Our relationship has not been the same, the whole dynamic changed. Don't know if it ever will.
Tina died. I lost much with this sorrowful event...
Then breaking my hip, which set everything back even farther. I had to leave my fabulous job in NOLA and am now back where I started. Don't know when I'll be able to come back, don't know if I'll have my job, don't know if I'll have Tommy.
Goodbye, '05. May '06 heal it all & bring back everything '05 took away...
At the beginning of '04, my boss & I were planning & building a million $ plus internet spin-off based on the retail/wholesale business we were involved in, & were off to a roaring start. That is, until jealousy crept in & I walked into my office on 2/14, only to to told by the COO that my job had been outsourced & to pack it in. An hour later I was at home, my future dashed & terrified of the future. Yesterday I received news that my boss (former president & CEO for 26 years) & who had built the busines into what it is, had been booted as well, two days before Xmas - no notice, no thanks, no nothing — that the woman who'd built their restaurant from a half-baked $100 grand operation to over half a million success, had also been booted recently. Many lifes have been set back by this group of ruthless, heartless, greedy know-it-alls who are going to do nothing but destroy what could have been a wonderful, booming business.
Despite being on un employment, things went along pretty smoothly — at least until Tommy came back into my life. It was all so perfect & I would have bet my last buck we would have been married (or seriously committed) by now, but then Katrina came along & tore everything asunder (not just for us, but for all of those who lost everything). Our relationship has not been the same, the whole dynamic changed. Don't know if it ever will.
Tina died. I lost much with this sorrowful event...
Then breaking my hip, which set everything back even farther. I had to leave my fabulous job in NOLA and am now back where I started. Don't know when I'll be able to come back, don't know if I'll have my job, don't know if I'll have Tommy.
Goodbye, '05. May '06 heal it all & bring back everything '05 took away...
posted by UptownGrrl at 8:54 AM
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