It has been awhile...

So, let me tell you how the past few days have been for me.

I got to work about 9am on Friday morning. Was pretty busy, heard through the grapevine the boss was calling people in to tell them what % they were getting for a raise. I was leaving early at 1pm to take the dog to show & tell @ my kids school so I was busting my a** to get everything done I needed to before I left.

My boss approached my cubicle about 12:30 and asked me to come into her office. I am thinking sweet, I hope my raise is good. I enter her office and a woman from HR is in there- confused? me too! I sit down and low and behold - cut backs in the department & guess who is one of the lucky few that get to go? You guessed it - ME! They generously offered 1 week of severance pay - whoo-hoo!

Needless to say - I drank heavily on Friday night. Hung around the house for most of Saturday (took the boys to "Horton Hears a Who" - not recommended unless you need a nap)& Sunday & then last night (St. Patty's day) went out & drank waaaaay tooo much!!! The enforcer was not impressed with my ability to pray to the porcelain goddess for quite some time.

I have figured out I will approximately bring home in "bacon" (between unemployment & child support) $2200 a month. Not bad - for not doing anything.

I have been thinking about not "actively" looking for a job until mid-summer. However, I am NOT cut out for this stay @ home mom stuff.

So my dilema at hand is - do I join the work force right away or do I hang out and "look" occasionaly?

What would you do?