Spring...A Time For New Beginnings

Well, it's almost spring.  In the mornings I hear a chorus of song birds singing that can only mean that spring (and warmer weather) can't be too far away.  Not that it has been a bad winter by any means, especially when compared to the last few years.  This winter has been fairly mild and with hardly any snow.  In fact, we have had only had two significant snowfalls....one in October which brought us 3 inches and we were sure that was a sign of a bad winter to come, and then just a couple of weeks ago we had 7 inches dumped on us, but by the next day almost all of it had melted!  We've had average temperatures this winter in the 50's with lots of days in the 60's and even a couple that reached over 70 degrees!  Anyone who knows me will tell you that I'm not a winter person at all.  I love warm weather and I can't wait for spring.  It seems this is the time of year when spring teases you.....warm one day but then cold the next.  It's as if winter doesn't want to let go and tries it's best to hold on.  Of course just because the first day of spring is this month doesn't mean that we are out of the woods  yet.  I remember that one day in April, several years ago, it was a beautiful warm day that was in the low to mid 80's.  My fiance and I was outside shooting basketball in shorts and short sleeves and just enjoying the warm day.  My mawmaw calls me and said, "you know they are calling for snow tomorrow don't  you?"  I just laughed because I though there was absolutely no way we would get any snow when it was over 80 degrees outside.  Well, sure enough, we woke up the next morning and it was snowing!!!   It just goes to show you how crazy weather can be. 


This year, spring brings uncertainty to me.  I discovered that the company I work for is being sold to someone else.  This means that if the sale goes through, we will receive severance pay, unused and accrued vacation time pay, and we will have to sign termination forms.  It is highly probable that the new owner will want to keep as many of us as he can to run the place, but it is rumored that he will cut our pay and make us start over with vacation time.  This is what he did at the other properties he bought and it is highly likely that he will do the same here.  If this happens, I will not be able to work for him because we bought a house that put me over 40 miles away from my job (that's over 80 miles each day!) and to work there for less pay would no longer be financially beneficial to me anymore.  We were told that we could file unemployment with our soon to be previous owners, and that is what I'll probably have to do.  Once I sign the termination form, I'll be unemployed.  It is a very scary and stressful time for me.  I'm trying to look at it though as the beginning of a new chapter in my life.  I do feel like all things happen for a reason.  I'm hoping that something good will come out of this.  There is a slight chance that the buyer may back out of the sale, but we don't know what will happen.  Right now, we haven't been given much information.  Hopefully we'll know something soon.  I'm guessing the new potential owner will come in and talk with us when it gets close to the sale closing date and try to get us to apply with him.  It will be interesting to see what he has to say.  I don't think I'll continue working there though.  We'll see.  All I can do right now is take it one day at a time and try not to worry about it.


Usually spring is such a happy time for me, but this year I can't seem to look forward to it as much as I usually do.   They say spring is a time for new beginnings, and this year it seems that it may be just that for me.   It is exciting in a way, but very scary also!