The Blog of kilyra

Ok, so in the last entry I mentioned I was trapped in my job but it was another story.  So here's the other story...

I just moved to Vancouver from Edmonton last year, and it was because of my significant other's (Anthony) work.  His company moved him down here to manage one of their stores.  It went horribly because they didn't give him any of the training he needed, but we really wanted to live in BC so we made the best of it.

Well, recently, they turned around and closed his store. The timing was perfect because he was becoming more and more miserable and the Friday before he got this news he was contemplating not going back on the Monday.  The company, however, didn't want to lose him as an employee and tried desperately to convince him to move back to Edmonton (turns out they knew the store would be closed when they relocated him, and just did it so he could hold it together until they were ready to close it.  They fully expected him to return to Edmonton once it was done).  Of course, we took the severance pay and stayed here.  I mean really we could stay in beautiful BC while he starts a new career, or we could go back to -40 Edmonton where the crime and cost is rising exponentially, AND still have him working for a company that would treat an employee so carelessly.

I suggested he go back to school because everything he wanted to do wasn't something you can just hop into without proper training.  I mean he could get a job no problem, but why go from one bad situation to another when you've got the perfect opportunity to go to school and get lots of financial aid to do it. So back to school he went.

Because he was laid off, we'll be entitled to EI payments while he's in school.  Which means until that kicks in, he can't work.  Hence why I'm trapped at work while we live off the severance and one income.

I know it's for the ultimate good and we'll both be so much happier when he starts a real career for himself.  In the mean time though...

I guess the trick is to keep looking towards the horizon and ignore the mud you're traipsing through to get there.