Life is full of wayward wrenches...

and sometimes you get in ones way...

Just last week I was happily working on servers, decommissioning old equipment, writing scripts, and doing those things that a system admin does.  Then, wham, I get laid off.  The company is being reorganized and has to eliminate  1/3 of the staff.  A bit cliche I must say, to be laid off just before Christmas, but it is what it is.  So, here I am sending out resumes.  Oh well, life goes on.

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