pitterpat » Versadial http://patriciaafuller.com A bit of this, a bit of that Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:42:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Saying Goodbye http://patriciaafuller.com/2008/12/23/saying-goodbye/ http://patriciaafuller.com/2008/12/23/saying-goodbye/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:06:59 +0000 Patricia http://patriciaafuller.com/?p=1237 The disbelief and sadness hang before me, midair, like a thick grey cloud of heavy mist on a cold morning beach side. My winter coat feels flimsy against the chill. I feel somehow spell bound knowing what’s coming, wanting to run backwards, the other half of me wanting to run full bore ahead into the damp knowing of unemployment, just to get it over with. Jerry was laid off today, after 10 months of having a truly “pleasureable job” with Versadial. It seems the economic downturn took it’s toll on them as well.

As the first day ends I feel speechless. And extremely tired. My heart is full of empathy for my husband. And of admiration. I know somehow we will be ok. We always are. Words of comfort are all I can seem to focus on now.

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To commemorate the evening we had the waitress take our photo. L to R, Elena (Gene’s wife), Gene (Versadial owner), Dave’s wife (apologies), Kathren, Dave, Pat, Jerry, Karen (Scott’s wife), Scott, Dmitry, Dmitry’s date (apologies), Oleg, Oleg’s date (apologies). It was such a pleasure to meet and spend time with the Versadial employees, a great group of people who have come into our lives.

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