I'm not sure what to be thankful for today.
I'll start free writing and see if I have something....
So....about 11:00 a.m., I found myself in a meeting.
I was pulled out of that meeting into another meeting.
All of my workmates were there.
We were all terminated.
While everyone sat in the meeting gathering their bearings, I was yanked out of that meeting and brought into another meeting with a head honcho from Corporate.
I wasn't supposed to be in the termination meeting.
They sent me to a third meeting.
They want me to work from home....with my stalker crap.
So....I may as well be terminated.
They let go of eighty people today.
They kept twelve of us.
So....
Maybe I'm thankful for LinkedIn. I'm finding myself trying to hunt down the eighty people fired and write recommendations for the ones I know.
I guess I'm going to have to start posting my inspirational stuff to Facebook again.
I think people are going to need it.
**********
I still have my hypnosis job.
I did that today.
That was strange, too.
I did a Groupon last year. Never do that. I could tell you stories. I've had people come in for service and get refunded (even though they claimed to stop smoking or whatever), these people just wanted something for free. I had one person in New York buy a Groupon for two hypnosis sessions and get angry because I wouldn't redeem it for a custom hypnosis videos that she could resell on her website (I charge nearly $1,000 for that); Groupon refunded her after she threw a fit. The experience that takes the cake is the criminal who wanted me to hypnotize him to lie to the police; I had to fight Groupon to get HIM a refund (he threatened to get his money's worth out of me in a sexual manner).
Groupon sucks. I signed up for them to sell 50 vouchers. They've sold 54. They sent me a notice asking if I wanted to opt out of automatically renewing my agreement. I never want to do business with them again. I made about $10 an hour (maybe less) and it wasn't worth the headache.
Many of the people who buy the Groupons are from my home town. They drive two hours to see me.
.
The Groupon client who bothered to show up (many Groupon people don't show up) was an older gentleman.
When I saw his name, his address and his birthdate, I knew who he was in an instant!
We grew up together.
We went to school together.
He still lives in the same house!
He doesn't know who I am yet.....I'm sure his wife will clue him in when she sees my name.
Oh my.....
We both look so old!!!
How in the world did that happen?
When did that happen?
Oh my......
I'm glad to know most of my high school friends have been in thirty year marriages.
I was married seventeen. My ex lived with me twenty-four and a half years. It took me three years to evict him after our divorce!
I guess I'm happy that people I went to school with are happy and that I get to help them succeed.
******
I've got a lot to think about.
I'm looking for another job and trying to help my former colleagues network. I guess I'll have to collect the child support I'm owed just to stay above water.
I guess I need to start charging $150 per hour again so I can get back on my feet.
I met some interesting souls through Groupon but I NEVER want to do that again.
Hypnotize someone to lie to the cops? Really?
Oh my....
At least my life is an adventure.
******
To top it all off, I scratched my Ruthless People CD. I've listened to that soundtrack everyday for over thirty years! It's not fair!
I tried listening to Duran Duran (All You Need is Now) but.....the stalker song makes me angry now that I finally see how much I can do without being followed by annoying people.
I tried listening to Kylie but I can't dance in my Buick....so....
I'm now listening to Queen. Bohemian Rhapsody to be exact. I decided, on my drive home, that what I truly want in a man is the ability to sing Bohemian Rhapsody with me in a car and let me ogle bass guitars in the windows of expensive luthier shops.
I wonder where I can find such a catch?
I guess it's nice to drill down what I really want in a man.
If you see an old auburn haired lady wailing "Galileo" in a silver Buick (with a brand new set of awesome lights), that'll be me.
Oh....that means that
Today I am thankful for LinkedIn.
Today I am thankful that I haven't run into the stalker (so it may be over).
Today I am thankful I'll never run another Groupon.
Soon I'll be thankful for Botox.
Today I am thankful for guitar shops.
Finally, I am thankful that "nothing really matters, anyone can see..... nothing really matters, nothing really matters to meeeeeee!"
I learned a lot today.
May you not need to learn so much so quickly.
Love ya lots,
S.
I'll start free writing and see if I have something....
So....about 11:00 a.m., I found myself in a meeting.
I was pulled out of that meeting into another meeting.
All of my workmates were there.
We were all terminated.
While everyone sat in the meeting gathering their bearings, I was yanked out of that meeting and brought into another meeting with a head honcho from Corporate.
I wasn't supposed to be in the termination meeting.
They sent me to a third meeting.
They want me to work from home....with my stalker crap.
So....I may as well be terminated.
They let go of eighty people today.
They kept twelve of us.
So....
Maybe I'm thankful for LinkedIn. I'm finding myself trying to hunt down the eighty people fired and write recommendations for the ones I know.
I guess I'm going to have to start posting my inspirational stuff to Facebook again.
I think people are going to need it.
**********
I still have my hypnosis job.
I did that today.
That was strange, too.
I did a Groupon last year. Never do that. I could tell you stories. I've had people come in for service and get refunded (even though they claimed to stop smoking or whatever), these people just wanted something for free. I had one person in New York buy a Groupon for two hypnosis sessions and get angry because I wouldn't redeem it for a custom hypnosis videos that she could resell on her website (I charge nearly $1,000 for that); Groupon refunded her after she threw a fit. The experience that takes the cake is the criminal who wanted me to hypnotize him to lie to the police; I had to fight Groupon to get HIM a refund (he threatened to get his money's worth out of me in a sexual manner).
Groupon sucks. I signed up for them to sell 50 vouchers. They've sold 54. They sent me a notice asking if I wanted to opt out of automatically renewing my agreement. I never want to do business with them again. I made about $10 an hour (maybe less) and it wasn't worth the headache.
Many of the people who buy the Groupons are from my home town. They drive two hours to see me.
.
The Groupon client who bothered to show up (many Groupon people don't show up) was an older gentleman.
When I saw his name, his address and his birthdate, I knew who he was in an instant!
We grew up together.
We went to school together.
He still lives in the same house!
He doesn't know who I am yet.....I'm sure his wife will clue him in when she sees my name.
Oh my.....
We both look so old!!!
How in the world did that happen?
When did that happen?
Oh my......
I'm glad to know most of my high school friends have been in thirty year marriages.
I was married seventeen. My ex lived with me twenty-four and a half years. It took me three years to evict him after our divorce!
I guess I'm happy that people I went to school with are happy and that I get to help them succeed.
******
I've got a lot to think about.
I'm looking for another job and trying to help my former colleagues network. I guess I'll have to collect the child support I'm owed just to stay above water.
I guess I need to start charging $150 per hour again so I can get back on my feet.
I met some interesting souls through Groupon but I NEVER want to do that again.
Hypnotize someone to lie to the cops? Really?
Oh my....
At least my life is an adventure.
******
To top it all off, I scratched my Ruthless People CD. I've listened to that soundtrack everyday for over thirty years! It's not fair!
I tried listening to Duran Duran (All You Need is Now) but.....the stalker song makes me angry now that I finally see how much I can do without being followed by annoying people.
I tried listening to Kylie but I can't dance in my Buick....so....
I'm now listening to Queen. Bohemian Rhapsody to be exact. I decided, on my drive home, that what I truly want in a man is the ability to sing Bohemian Rhapsody with me in a car and let me ogle bass guitars in the windows of expensive luthier shops.
I wonder where I can find such a catch?
I guess it's nice to drill down what I really want in a man.
If you see an old auburn haired lady wailing "Galileo" in a silver Buick (with a brand new set of awesome lights), that'll be me.
Oh....that means that
Today I am thankful for LinkedIn.
Today I am thankful that I haven't run into the stalker (so it may be over).
Today I am thankful I'll never run another Groupon.
Soon I'll be thankful for Botox.
Today I am thankful for guitar shops.
Finally, I am thankful that "nothing really matters, anyone can see..... nothing really matters, nothing really matters to meeeeeee!"
I learned a lot today.
May you not need to learn so much so quickly.
Love ya lots,
S.