I've been laid off for 19 weeks. Since I had severance enough for 16 of those weeks, I was able to enjoy the longest span of time off I've had in 20 years. And now I know I will be good at doing retirement.
Monday was my first day back to work. I was in software development before I got laid off. This is similar, but it is automated testing. Programming with a QA flavor.
I'd forgotten how much time working takes out of your day. Not just the 8 hours of work, but the hour spent at work for lunch time and the hour and a half spent commuting - if the traffic is good. And that doesn't count the time spent getting ready for work.
How did I manage to get anything done at home when I worked before? I didn't even do my normal gym classes this week. I had missed my dogs and spent my evenings making up to them. And they had missed me.
But not as much as I had feared. The dogs weren't frantic or anxious when I finally came back home. They were happy I was home. But they had managed quite well without me.
That's when I remembered that a great portion of their day is spent sleeping, even when I am at home.
Work itself went well. The people are nice and very helpful. The facility is new, clean and shiny. I have new software to learn. And I have to learn how to use my Mac Book laptop. I've always been a Windows girl.
But overall, a good week. I won't go so far as saying I'm glad to be working. I would love to win the lottery and retire.
But since I have to work, this is a really good interesting job.
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