Friday, December 19, 2008

The Gift Of Unemployment

After today, I am officially unemployed. I've only been here once before in life, and it didn't go so well. It took me four months to find a job, and a crappy one at that.

So, I will have no job, since el jefe didn't see fit to keep our appointment, for the duration of the Christmas and New Year Holidays. It feels really weird to not have to work around Christmas, especially being a once and (hopefully) future cop.

In a strange way, it's very liberating. There is no money to go shopping with. Any gifts I am to give are already purchased, and they're not much. But, for the first time, I don't feel like I went overboard on Christmas by buying too much, asking for too much, and by not giving from the heart. Each gift I have given this year is from the heart. It isn't much, and in two cases, required absolutely no imagination, but everything I'm giving tells those people how much I love them in the best way I can.

So, for all of you NOT receiving material gifts from me, MERRY CHRISTMAS. You are in my heart and prayers every day. May you be blessed this year, and in the year to come. For those of you I am fortunate enough to give something to, Merry Christmas, I love you, and I hope you enjoy the gift as much as I've enjoyed giving it.

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