The big, big company reorganized my job out from under me today.  My former department was going one way and that way didn't include the work I did for them.  Instead they want to hire someone who can do the work that the department will be doing and they want that someone working at company HQ.  Which is far from where I am.

I'm alright with this.  And will continue to be until the severance pay runs out.  I could see this day coming soon after the reorganization was announced about a month ago.  Almost immediately, my workload dropped off to near nothing.  This is what working for a big, big company means.  They're sociopathic entities.  Tossing no longer needed cogs into the trash is what they do.

There are immediate benefits to my situation:

• It's a gorgeous day in Chicago.  How can one be too upset?
• I was let go instead of fired, hence no bridge was burned on my part.
• I have a chance to explore other lines of employment besides the soul-sucking career I've been a part of.
• More time to read Tink.
• I can openly root for the plaintiffs in all the lawsuits filed against the big, big company.
• Might figure out what that treadmill in the next room is used for.
• Aren't taxes due in about a month?
• More time to prepare for Sunday's fantasy baseball draft.
• More time to complain about the results of Sunday's fantasy baseball draft.
• No need to call in sick when I have a job interview.
• No pressure to cut corners when faced with one of those damn six-hours-to-complete online job applications.
• I've started three or four books.  I should finish one.

Ms. Stim is her usual tremendously supportive self.  She's also an excellent freelance writer.  In case you might ....

So for the next few hours, things are looking up.