Sorry to be so quiet, but I had a feeling this was coming. The last time it seemed like all the planets were aligning and things were good, my mom had a heart attack and died four months later.

So the events of April (a successful embolization for my fibroids, a huge bonus at work, and a fab new window office) really had me feeling a bit unsettled.

And now the first shoe has dropped. We don’t know what’s going on, but it looks like my boss is being forced out after more than a decade with our company. This is bad enough for him, but it’s almost as bad for the rest of us. It reminds me of Keith Olbermann’s Countdown feature: the prospects for my future in my current job are worse, worser, or worst.

I really liked working for this guy, so that’s what I’m bummed about. Me? I’ll get by even if I’m laid off tomorrow. But the reality is that the tea leaves had been bad for our group for some time now, so the silver lining is that most of us in this situation will now be able to move on. with most of us being much better off than we were.

Some (like me I hope) will stay with the company, but move to other groups. Others will probably change firms. Alas, the folks I feel badly for are the ones who wind up having to stay in their current jobs (a difficult situation), only to be laid off in a year or two when this group fails to meet its revenue expectations.

Hopefully there will be more on-topic posts shortly. But for now, my mental energies are elsewhere. (Today I moved all my personal valuables out of my office just in case.)