Walked into my office today and my first thought was, “Why is my assistant manager here this early?” which was quickly followed by “Holy cow she has a wicked sunburn!”

As I sat down, my manager handed me an envelope. The gist of it, my department had been restructured and I’d be let go. What a wicked way to start your Monday.

No, I didn’t scream and moan and bitch. I have a little bit of pride left, thank you very much. I calmly got all my high heels into a bag, grabbed my suit jacket and I was out. A grand total of 10 minutes spent on the last day in my now former office.

You see, I am one of “those” people. I believe everything happens for a reason and by goddess I have thought all day about those reasons.

Am I angry? Not at all. Am I upset? To be honest, not really. Surprised. Check. Shocked. Shocked is what I am. It came totally by surprise, no warning at all. Okay, maybe I am a little mad. I have never been fired, let go or downsized in my life but what can you do? No use crying over it and there is no use in anxiety setting in. Been there, done that and got the newsletter.

So I will keep on going, I’ve already applied to jobs all day today and re-tooled my resume. And Friday I will go up to the cottage on my two week now extended vacation and commiserate with our neighbour who was layed off on Friday, over a few beers.

But I also know, something bigger and better should come to pass.