>Today I enjoyed the day off — got up relatively early and headed east to stop by my mom’s school. It was the first time I had seen this new school, and it was interesting to be able to visit while school was in session. She worked in an elementary school for so many years, then about 2 years before she’s ready for retirement she gets a good job at a vocational high school. Her specialty being English and Title1 (MA dept of education speak for special ed) it works well at a vocational high school as English is not…

>Today was the last day of work, I went in for 12 – worked for an hour and then it was time to wrap it up with a little luncheon. They told us over and over how much they appreciated us — logical retort being: If we’re so appreciated, how come we’re the ones being let go? With the equally logical corporate answer: You cost too much money. Oh. Check out my entry from the day they told us. I had refrained to publish anything, and will even refrain from the company name in the meanwhile, though anyone that follows…