So sorry, i at the job loss! I guess MOSTof us here know what this
eating thing feels like. I men the eating to get through the pain . Glad
the cheesecake is gone now. I ate the remainder of my SF ice cream last
night and I'm glad it is gone! It does NO good :(

Keep your chin up !!

glo

Well I certainly can sympathize. i've had a few pink slips in my
working years and cheesecake is my antidote of choice to just about
everything.

Try this as it isn't very fattening:

1 egg
3 oz. pressed cottage cheese
1/4 cup plain yogurt
sweetener of choice
1/2 tsp vanilla

Process until smooth with wand type hand blender in deep narrow
container. Pour into ungreased onion soup dish. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
bake at 350 for 30 minutes. Cool and refrigerate.

calories: 172
protein;    21 grams
carb:         4 grams
fat:           7 grams
cinnamon

2 1/2 years???  Ooh, that doesn't sound very encouraging...  What do you do
for a living?  I'm a bookkeeper...

det

Cramps suck!  And I have those too........  I wasn't expecting the layoff,
but I knew what to do Friday when I got home.  I didn't even have internet
at home because I had access to it all day at work.  I got it turned back
on, fine tuned the resume, and went to the website of our local newspaper.
Nowdays, almost every listing has an email address to reply to and you can
get alot of resumes out in a short period of time.  I'm lucky - I had just
consolidated my debt, and I can live on unemployment without going bankrupt.

det

I have never left a job that I missed later on, and I've always taken a step
up.  This is going to be an opportunity to learn and grow - again!

det

Many people who have lost their jobs seem to land another that is much
better.  When I got my pink slip 9 years ago I had to restrain myself from
jumping up and shouting "It's about time".  I was so glad to be out of
there.  They callled 80+ employees into the cafeteria and told us we had one
hour to gather our things and be out of the building.  We're talking about
long time employees.  I had 26 years with the company and there were some in
the group who had been there as long as 40 years.  I left there with 6
months salary and a big smile on my face.  Many of us stopped at a local bar
and celebrated.  They called a few days later and wanted to know if I would
consider working as a contractor for awhile.  I told them no amount of money
could make me come back to that place.  I landed my current job two weeks
later and it's the best move I ever made.

Beverly

woo hoo!  I go back to work tomorrow - at a new place.  Took a bit of a cut
in pay, but will be above where I was in 6 months.  Plus, it's an exciting
field that will give me lots of challenge.

det