The Miley Cyrus song struck home this week…”Always gonna be an uphill battle…Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose…”  Though I’m not particularly a Miley fan, I thought it was an appropriate song to hear as I was driving home from work Monday.  Because Monday night I got let go due to budget issues.  Though it wasn’t a surprise, it still hurt.  I got to work the rest of this week, but today was my last day at the library.  Apparently it’s going to be an uphill battle for me to find the perfect place, to work the perfect job, to feel like I’m contributing in an environment I love.  Just another mountain along the way.

I’ve been in management most of my career, and I’ve done my share of letting people go, but I have to say I’ve never been let go before.  I have mixed feelings about the whole thing, and though I know I lost my job through no fault of my own, it still stings.  So I’ll take the weekend to do a bit of healing, and Monday I’ll figure out what to do next.  There’s a certain freedom that I haven’t felt for the past eleven months, and I think I’d like to enjoy that for a bit, but there’s also a sense of urgency hovering around the fringes of my mind that reminds me not to waste time or lose an opportunity that might lead me to that perfect Librarian position.

So for all you readers out there that enjoyed the library stories, well, you’ll have to settle for more stories about Katie.  Or the weather or the fall colors or other contemplations.  I’ll try to make those entertaining.

Meanwhile, as Miley says…”The struggles I’m facing, the chances I’m taking…sometimes might knock me down but I’m not breaking.”

And Katie says -“WELCOME HOME MOM!  Wanna play?”