More stars I do not want to see

I don’t hate everything about February and March, but they aren’t good months for me. If it is any consolation, I feel the same way about August and September

Today is one year since I lost my last full time job. While I’ve got another one impending, I still don’t have it yet.*
Yes, I have been consulting for 5 of those 12 months, so I can’t say I’ve been totally unemployed. But, it is the longest I’ve ever gone without a formal full time job since my first job as an engineer in 1986.

Part of me is not entirely unhappy that reports from that old job say things are not going great without me. I don’t wish them any ill. But, it doesn’t hurt my ego to hear the people I worked with day by day say “they were stupid to let you go.” And when I run into folks from the factory when I’m roaming about Worcester, they always come over and say “hi” to me.**

And, if they recover and do well, that’s just more of the product I designed for them out on the market. So, I hope they recover and do well.

But, I’m still not happy remembering being let go.


*I am told Thursday.

**I am contractually unable to say anything bad about the company management. So, I’m not.