I can't believe Gods grace. Today I went to work with 3 days left until Layoff D Day.
I worked all morning trying to get a 30 day extension so I could continue to look for work inside our company. I prayed, I read my Bible I prayed some more. After lunch my manager comes to me and says that he has some paperwork for me to sign. In twenty minutes I went from depressed losing a job to getting a new position and having my notice revoked.

God truly has whats best for us. Trust in him with all of your heart and his gracious hand will be upon you. God has taught me a lot through this ordeal. I am a better person for it. Now comes the best part. What plan does he have for me in my new position.

I now have 4 days left. All of the approvals have been made. They are posting the Job so I can apply for it. Problem is I only have 4 days left. 4 days till I have no job. If I don’t get an extension even the best job will pass me by. This afternoon is one of the meetings that will determine if I get a 30 day extension or not. If I do I have a chance. It will take most of that time to process the req. I am praying day and night and so are most of my family and friends. This is still very real 4 days until I am unemployed.  I have no idea what I am going to do.  I will pray and keep the faith no matter what. The afternoons and evenings are still the hardest. Things get quiet and my mind starts to dwell on things too much.  Pray Pray Pray  It’s not over until its over.

Update 5/16/2013

I have one week and one day left. On Tuesday I got a call that there was a possible position for me. I dropped everything and went to talk to the managers. They were very interested and put a req together for me. They then presented it to executive management for approval. It’s now Thursday and I have not heard if it was approved. As I sit here stewing in my own miser,y I feel like I am just waiting for the gallows. I feel like time is up, all of the options have been exhausted and I have come up a dollar short. I am tired, sick, and back in my private pity party. I feel like giving up and throwing in the towel but I am too stubborn for that.

On the bright side I have lost another pound!

I will Pray and fight to the bitter end.

First I am being Laid Off from my Job
I have 2 weeks left. This really sucks. My wife is being really supportive but I am a wreak.
I have lost 10 lbs, can't sleep at night, I then just lay there tossing and turning. I do ok when I stay busy but in the afternoons or evenings it gets quiet and all I seem to do is feel sorry for myself ( not good I know ).
With 2 weeks of work left I am still trying to apply for internal jobs but the reality of not working is scaring me. Not that I love to work but the rewards are good and so is the income.  A good friend of mine says " work is a four letter word and they have to pay you to do it". All of my future plans hinge on staying with the company I am with and retiring from there. I have been there since 1998, have never been written-up and have done a pretty good job. They have been reducing the ranks for the past 4 years and I guess it's my turn. All of the marginal workers were let go years ago. We are down to the meat. If I can stay 4 more years I will have a good pension and have a good retirement without too many financial issues. I Hope

I guess one issue if not the biggest is WHAT DO I DO on my first day home.  I know you will all say Go to the Beach have a day to yourself, have fun bla bla bla.  I am afraid of that day, I don't want that day come.

I pray for a miracle and I can stay employed.  I have been praying and so has my family and friends.
I know God has a plan and I just can't see it

Anyway thanks for reading. I just needed to get this off my chest.   I will update as time goes on. I hope I can look back at this and say  WHAT WERE YOU SO WORRIED ABOUT

God Bless

Still Running

We did the Surf City 1/2 Marathon February 6th and I finished. So I guess I can't really call myself a poser anymore. But I wouldn't exactly call myself a runner either. The half marathon was a lot of fun. Nothing like running with 20,000 of your closest friends. What I didn't expect was how long it would take me to recover almost three weeks. I thought heck a week or so but NOOOO it took almost three weeks. We are still running and are thinking about doing the Orange County half marathon May 1. The other thing we did was stop riding bicycles for a while. Big mistake. I am now getting back on the bike. It feels great and boy do you cover more distance than running. I can knock out 20 miles and feel like doing it again. Run 5 and I'm done for the day.

So like I always say if you like this great and if not I don't really care anyway.

Well I have decided to do something really stupid (I know again).
My daughter said Hey Dad lets do the Surf City 1/2 Marathon.
Yep you guessed it I said YES. How can you say no to your daughter.
You can try but in the end you will give in and do it.
First I AM NOT A RUNNER ! ! ! I am a cyclist I can knock out 50 or 60 miles easy
We have now been at the running thing for a few weeks. It hurts I could not even make it to the end of the block at first. Yesterday I made it 4 miles not all running mind you. More like run 2 minutes walk 2 minutes but hey I made it and am here blogging about it. I even joined a running group to help me train. I even went out and bought some running clothes now I can look the part. Can anyone say POSER? Maybe in a few weeks I will feel more like a runner and not a pathetic Old Guy trying to get into shape. More to come later if I feel like it or survive.

So we've been here in Windsor for a week now. We have had some wonderful wine. Chateau St Jean has got to be one of the finest wineries that I have been to. We did a reserve tasting that lasted about three hours. They truly have some spectacular wines. We left a lot of cash with them. We also decided to do some Russian River canoeing with Burke's Canoe Trips. It started out a little stressful. The guy behind the counter was a total jerk. We ignored him and headed down to get canoes and start our adventure. The river started out a little rough. We ended up in the bushes, lost our hats but didn't dump. We did go down river and retrieved our hats. The rest of the day was uneventful and we all had a really good time. Today we went to the Charles Schultz museum (you know the peanuts cartoon guy), then went to Longboards Wine to do a little tasting. We tasted a 2007 Merlot they had just bottled. Those bottles need to sit a few more years before they mature. Then we were off to Johnny Garlic's for lunch. We have had a great time and will be back sometime soon. (probably when we run out of wine)