- Joined
- Jan 30, 2004
If I seem to disappear again, it's because life is a real downer right now.
Our 17 year old Jack Russell Terrier, Aggie, who has been our baby for over half our married life, is failing in health and we are probably going to have to intervene with the natural order of things and have her put to sleep. Her heart is remaining strong, but her mind is going fast. It's a lot of nuerological things going wrong due to her advanced age. She's forgetting how to eat, her natural sleep cycle is all messed up, she has bad balance, her paws fold under when she walks, etc. etc. This is a real bummer to my husband and I. We hoped so much she'd just go to sleep on her own, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. If she makes it through this week, we will have to intervene this coming weekend.
On top of that, the job situation isn't looking good for my DH. He still could possibly stay with the same "job" under the new company. However, what he's seeing from the new company isn't good. There was a meeting and what was found out was very little. The representative from the new company seemed very hesitant about answering the questions the current union steward had. DH did find out the following:
2 or 3 vacation days will be taken away
all personals and sick days will be taken away
they wouldn't say if they were union or not
vague mention of benefits being a "50/50 deal"
applications will go through a temp agency
temp agency won't necessarily send the current employees to same warehouse under new company
if temp agency does send current employees to same warehouse under new company, it will be 90 days under the temp agency, then 90 days probabtion under the new company before a definite hire and before benefits kick in
it was not said if it would be 90 working days or 90 calendar days
On top of this, our rental property still has not passed inspection so that we can get paying tenants in
An aunt is having heart problems, an uncle has a spot on his lung, a cousin has lumps in her breast, a neice is having a breast lump biopsy, 2 nephews are struggling with depression
Does anybody have a deep hole I could hide in for about the next 5 years???
Any positive thoughts or vibes you could send our way would be appreciated.
If I'm absent, it's due to dealing with all this "stuff"...would love to use a stronger word here! Hopefully, things will make a turn for the better soon!
We got out of the house last night for a few hours because months ago we'd purchased tickets to see Meatloaf in concert and it felt so good to get out and throw myself into some rock'n roll! I will now go make a post giving a link to my photos and video....and then you may not see me for a while.
Our 17 year old Jack Russell Terrier, Aggie, who has been our baby for over half our married life, is failing in health and we are probably going to have to intervene with the natural order of things and have her put to sleep. Her heart is remaining strong, but her mind is going fast. It's a lot of nuerological things going wrong due to her advanced age. She's forgetting how to eat, her natural sleep cycle is all messed up, she has bad balance, her paws fold under when she walks, etc. etc. This is a real bummer to my husband and I. We hoped so much she'd just go to sleep on her own, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. If she makes it through this week, we will have to intervene this coming weekend.
On top of that, the job situation isn't looking good for my DH. He still could possibly stay with the same "job" under the new company. However, what he's seeing from the new company isn't good. There was a meeting and what was found out was very little. The representative from the new company seemed very hesitant about answering the questions the current union steward had. DH did find out the following:
2 or 3 vacation days will be taken away
all personals and sick days will be taken away
they wouldn't say if they were union or not
vague mention of benefits being a "50/50 deal"
applications will go through a temp agency
temp agency won't necessarily send the current employees to same warehouse under new company
if temp agency does send current employees to same warehouse under new company, it will be 90 days under the temp agency, then 90 days probabtion under the new company before a definite hire and before benefits kick in
it was not said if it would be 90 working days or 90 calendar days
On top of this, our rental property still has not passed inspection so that we can get paying tenants in
An aunt is having heart problems, an uncle has a spot on his lung, a cousin has lumps in her breast, a neice is having a breast lump biopsy, 2 nephews are struggling with depression
Does anybody have a deep hole I could hide in for about the next 5 years???
Any positive thoughts or vibes you could send our way would be appreciated.
If I'm absent, it's due to dealing with all this "stuff"...would love to use a stronger word here! Hopefully, things will make a turn for the better soon!
We got out of the house last night for a few hours because months ago we'd purchased tickets to see Meatloaf in concert and it felt so good to get out and throw myself into some rock'n roll! I will now go make a post giving a link to my photos and video....and then you may not see me for a while.
