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Howard Lee
Recently a reply to a thread I started: Electronic Approval Demonstration - Use of the voting option in Outlook showed up in my inbox and it occurred to me that I just quit coming here. I began thinking (hoping) that maybe someone noticed that I was gone and wondered what had happened to me. I decided to drop by and tell you guys what happened to me.
The company I was working for in 2009 was having difficulty (who wasn't) and I had gone back to school part time to finish my degree in civil engineering technology. Towards the end of July, work had become almost openly hostile between the workers that had not been laid off. Also, last July, my wife's MS had started to get worse. I had too much going on.
One morning I did an assessment of my resources and I made an extreme personal decision. Work had become increasingly unsatisfying, I was almost finished with school, and my wife needed me more than ever...I packed up my stuff at lunch time and I walked away from my job.
Immediately, I was able to put more effort towards my education and I graduated, with honors, in May. With the advice of someone from here I was able to secure two job offers, but I was unable to accept them because my wife's condition had worsened to the point that she required someone to be with her full time. In order for me to work I would need to hire a nurse for her. I have decided that rather than be here for her, I would be here with her. I am now her full time care attendant. It is the most important job I've ever had.
The company I was working for in 2009 was having difficulty (who wasn't) and I had gone back to school part time to finish my degree in civil engineering technology. Towards the end of July, work had become almost openly hostile between the workers that had not been laid off. Also, last July, my wife's MS had started to get worse. I had too much going on.
One morning I did an assessment of my resources and I made an extreme personal decision. Work had become increasingly unsatisfying, I was almost finished with school, and my wife needed me more than ever...I packed up my stuff at lunch time and I walked away from my job.
Immediately, I was able to put more effort towards my education and I graduated, with honors, in May. With the advice of someone from here I was able to secure two job offers, but I was unable to accept them because my wife's condition had worsened to the point that she required someone to be with her full time. In order for me to work I would need to hire a nurse for her. I have decided that rather than be here for her, I would be here with her. I am now her full time care attendant. It is the most important job I've ever had.
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