"All misfortune is but a stepping stone to fortune"-Henry D. Thoreau

The hammer came down on Tuesday. 83 jobs lost at the mill. I have yet to go into work since the announcement. My job is gone, but not is all lost. To my great astonishment I was told I was the only qualified candidate among those affected to bump into a chem lab job onsite that is currently held by a junior worker. It is not a slam dunk I am told. But it would appear that I have luckboxed into a better job if that is possible. The pay scale is lower but my schedule would change from 12 hour shiftwork to 8 hour dayshifts Monday to Friday. This is both good and bad but as far as how it will affect my poker it cannot be anything but positive. For now I have to leave this scenario alone and not speculate on how it can affect the rest of my life. As I stated this in not a sure thing yet. I believe I am in this job from what I have been told so far, but strange things can happen in the next few weeks that could change everything. You never know. If it does not work out than I will be applying for EI and then work on getting into trade school to be an electrician.

It has been a stressful few weeks and the news of a different job left me stunned. I had assumed I was out the door. There will be many senior workers out of their jobs and I will still be there. All the schooling that I had thought was in the end a waste from a job point of view turns out to be my saviour? The conversation I had with my boss was in retrospect kind of amusing as I cut him off with some angry comments before he was able to tell me the good news! Lesson...don't shoot the messenger...until he's told you everything! Ces't la vie....

Oh and is winter over now or what?? Geesh.