Saturday, May 9, 2009

Shit I've learned to Appreciate Since Being Laid Off

I wrote this on February 3rd 2009....approximately 4.5 months after being laid off.

1) McDonald’s Breakfast and the fact that they give you discouts if you don’t get the meat and / or cheese on your McMuffin

2) Having somewhere to go

3) Chef Boyardee’s 99% Fat Free Beef Ravioli

4) Dreaming about the day I can replace my 5 year old computer (that often overheats and turns off while playing Tetris, Poker, or some other meaningless game.

5) Standing in line with random strangers who have also been laid off recently

6) watching CNN tell the same story over and over again....realizing they are just replaying the “breaking news”

7) Seeing the total mass layoffs for the day...misery loves company?

8) The $3 pint of vodka sold “under the cabinet” at the liquor store

9) Not needing to set the alarm...somebody will call eventually and wake you up (unless you push ignore)

10) working out “for the sake of not having to buy a new wardrobe I can’t afford”

11) t-shirts / sweatpants

12) buying “cheap” blankets because you can’t afford to dry clean the expensive ones anymore

13) Having 10 half finished art projects lying around at any given time...realizing your dog may have just peed on one of them

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