Laura, you're my hero. You and B are also in my thoughts--all good to you.

Jilli, may the meeting go excellently well.

The rest of you, massive hugs, whether you need them or not.

I'm sorry to keep talking about this when other people have bigger problems, but my job situation has me so frustrated and scared and...I don't know the right word. Uneasy? Unsettled, maybe, but if there's a word that means unsettled to the power of 10, that's what I mean. I just wish we had some sort of a timeline for when things would happen. And I wish I knew what to do next.

I'm spectacularly not good at sitting with discomfort.

My brother and SiL are in town; I don't think I even mentioned they were coming in, that's how unsettled and distracted I am. They got in last night. And you all know how I am when my brother is in town -- it's like Christmas and the 4th of July all rolled into one. Only I can't really even dredge up any excitement about his visit -- and THAT fact makes me angry. I hate that I've let myself get so upset and unsettled that I'm not excited about my brother's visit.

I'm a damn mess right now.

Have they made the announcement you expected yet? I hope whatever happens you get some resolution soonest.

Hang in there, Laura!

Disconcerted would be my choice, Teppy.

No -- we thought there would be a meeting today, but they decided not to have one. Which is frustrating, because you know the way offices work -- each person knows a little bit of information that another person didn't know, but no one really knows the whole scope of the thing. So a meeting would maybe have given us a clearer idea of what's going on.

The purchasing company signed a letter of intent to buy (but I don't "officially" know that, because I heard it from a co-worker, not Big!Boss or CFO), so based on that, it seems like a done deal. I'm not actually waiting to find out *IF* we're being bought; I just want to know what kind of time frame we're working with before we're out.

Plus I have jury duty starting June 3. Awesome.

You can talk about your problems here Steph no matter what size they are. It's enormously stressful to be suddenly confronted with job uncertainty when you are in the midst of a major life change, and marriage is wonderful, but it's a big life change.

I think "gibbering, roll-on-the-floor, frothing panic" would be my reaction of choice in your circumstances, Teppy.

I think "gibbering, roll-on-the-floor, frothing panic" would be my reaction of choice in your circumstances, Teppy.

That's pretty much it.

Yeah, Connie got that.

wow. That's a lot. Just take it day by day.