Livingston, I Presume

Because one humiliation is not enough

We drove to The Park for Fathers' Day today, and when we passed Four Corners on our way back from West Yellowstone, I was reminded of my promise to link to some old favorite posts. Specifically I was reminded because I caught a glimpse of Big Sky Premium Meats, site of Humiliation at the meat shop*. Enjoy.

Pause

Thanks for your notes regarding the unexpected unemployment last week. We're all doing fine and trying to get through this time of insecurity. The casualty for me at the moment is blogging. I just don't have the mental energy right now. I hope to be back in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'm going to come back and post a few links to some posts from the archives. It's always interesting to me what brings people to the blog, and I'll share some of the most popular posts.

Here's to a better summer going forward.

News

I haven't wanted to blog for a couple of weeks because I just didn't have anything good to say. Emerson was sick and not sleeping, got better, and then got sick again. Anytime the baby isn't sleeping, things don't go well. Today they got way worse.

Chip was laid off.

He had been at the company for almost five years, and he was one of 12 people who lost their jobs today. His being laid off also means that we've lost our childcare for Emerson, since she attended their on-site daycare center. There's the downside of working for a company progressive enough to offer employee childcare: When you're no longer employed there, your child gets thrown to the wolves of whatever's available locally, most of which was so inadequate that the company had to start a childcare center to retain its staff.

I know we'll get through this, but in the meantime, oh, the suckage. The sucktastic suckage.