Levi lost his job last week. Again. Not of his own doing - the short story is that the company abruptly closed its doors due to a partner that died (ironically, from cancer). He financially screwed over the remaining partner, who was forced to close the company down and declare bankruptcy, with about 2 business days notice for the employees. Thus, last Thursday was Levi's last day with this company, and he is currently unemployed. There are some things in the works, and while I'm trying to have faith, it's difficult. I'm trusting that things will work out the way they are supposed to, and that this will all be but a memory in a few short days/weeks.
Last week's really crappy news culminated with receiving Levi's final paychecks, which were shorted by about $400 (times three weekly paychecks). Not good. The situation has been resolved, but we didn't have confirmation of this until yesterday, so you can imagine that things over the weekend were a bit stressful.
Add to all of this the fact that I'm in the midst of a good amount of change at work, as my manager is relocating to China, and you can imagine where that leaves me. I don't know who her replacement will be, nor do I know what's to happen with my position if that person isn't local. I'm feeling some pressure regarding the uncertainty of that, which is always fun. I think it will all work out, but I have to wait until the big boss gets back to hear news. Blergh.
I don't like waiting.
At this point, I'm muddling through each day, desperately missing my kids, glad they aren't here for this mess, and trying to figure out what's going to happen next. My 6-month oncologist appointment is next week, and I'm thinking (hoping) the news will be good. Pathology results from my colonoscopy aren't in yet, as far as I know. I have the CD from my PET scan, but I haven't looked at it yet. It takes forever to load onto my computer, and I'm actually nervous to look at it and read something that I might misinterpret. So, next Monday, I'll hopefully have the news that I passed the 2-year mark, which is statistically the time frame in which a recurrence will happen, if it's going to. Given the journey over the past two years, and my tendency to be on the short end of the stats (i.e., I tend to be in that 10% or less grouping of people with side effects, etc.), I won't be totally comfortable with my "remission" until I'm 5 years out. Will that be the magic number? Who knows. For now, today is all that matters.
Today is all that matters. Yeah - I like that. So, I'll live for today, (try to) not worry about tomorrow or yesterday, and enjoy what I've got. New motto? Maybe.
On the upside, Levi and I saw four new movies this weekend - one in the theatre (thanks to movie passes). The A-Team was great - don't go into it expecting to see the same thing you see in the series. It's a great story line based loosely on the series, and is full of laughs. I will say that it had almost too much action, which is the one complaint I've heard from others. Having said that, the casting was wonderful (slight crush forming on Bradley Cooper - that smile is too cute!) and the movie was well worth the time spent. Two thumbs up.
The other three rentals we saw - Avatar (great special effects, old plot - in my opinion, a waste of time), Hancock (good plot, cool effects, awesome ending), and Couples Retreat (cute movie - not fabulous, but a good time waster - perfect rainy, Saturday afternoon TBS movie, if you know what I mean). I'm sure I've rattled the Avatar-ians, but there you go.
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