I want to thank everyone who has written, tried to write, called, or tried to call since the termination. For those of you I was unable to respond to, I apologize. I'm still in the process of trying to figure out where I'm going to go from here and until I have some semblence of a direction, I am completely at a loss as to what to say to people.

One thing about me when I am really upset or angry about something is that my immediate inclination is to look inward. Some seek to connect to other people and I can understand that (in fact, when the problem is not so seriously, I get a lot out of talking about it to other people), but my inclination is to find a proverbial treehouse in the woods, climb inside, and try to figure things out. Though this was not completely unexpected, the timing absolutely was and I am left a bit stunned. I will try to find something else to post before the week is out, but I'm not all that ready to talk about it yet and I can't find much else to really talk about. I am also technically still on their payroll as part of my whopping two day severence package for which I am expected to stay home and provide phone technical support for my replacement, who was waiting in the lobby at the time of my exit.

So, thanks again for the letters, messages, links, and emails. I really do appreciate the support, even if I can't verbally acknowledge it at the moment.