Please allow me to do a happy dance. I got a job today! A UNION job!

[PassingFair]

My first opportunity to join a union!

And it pays MUCH more than the last job I had.

High pay, high stress, but HEY....my unemployment benefits were set to
expire in 6 weeks, and my husband is currently unemployed, so I'M ECSTATIC!!

[hrmjustin]

1. Congratulations!

[PassingFair]

3. Thanks!

I have parent-plus loans becoming payable in a year, so I was starting to sweat it!

[hrmjustin]

4. I am happy to hear the pay is better.

[DebJ]

2. Awesome! thanks for the good news! n/t

[PassingFair]

5. Not much good news here in Detroit lately, but I'll take it! nt

[DebJ]

6. Detroit! That makes it triple awesome!

[PassingFair]

7. Yeah...I was beginning to see the tip of despair.

So many of my friends and ex-co-workers have been "long term" unemployed.

I was beginning to think my advanced age was going to be the ruin of me, but
apparently I was able to glamour these people into thinking I am viable!

Woo Hoo!

[diabeticman]

8. Cue party music

Congrats

[PassingFair]

9. I'm off to receive my celebratory "back rub"....

Thanks for the parade!

[UTUSN]

10. Loveya = Congrats!1 n/t

[babylonsister]

11. Yay you! That's fantastic-I'm happy for you! And love the graphic!! :) nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Congrats, my dear PassingFair!

That is just wonderful news!

Remember to take care of yourself when you're off, so that the high stress won't undermine you.

[PassingFair]

26. I quit a job very like this over a year ago to take a lower stress, lower pay position at...

a different publisher, and they eliminated my department and cast us off!

So I ended up with lower pay and MORE stress!

The only benefit was I wasn't that concerned about losing the job because
it didn't PAY that much!

[Joe Shlabotnik]

13. Congrats!

Gotta work on your dance moves though.

[mountain grammy]

14. Way to go!

[PoliticalPothead]

15. Congrats!

I feel like this is an appropriate song for your happy dance.

[ReRe]

16. That's a way cooooool happy dance...

... And you have a right to it! Congratulations!

[Habibi]

17. Hooray!

[trublu992]

18. Congrats Congrats!

[onestepforward]

19. WooHoo!

Congratulations!

[Cha]

20. Passing Fair.. ol fellow

Deaniac back in the day. Remember when I went to see the Proclaimers in Nova Scotia in 2005 and was all excited about it. I think you said you liked them too..? You don't? Well I do!

So Happy for you!

[PassingFair]

24. Still love Dean....

Still jealous that I didn't get to see the Proclaimers live.

Thanks so much!

[Cha]

29. I can see you still love Dean.. that's so

sweet! I've moved on.

Seeing The Proclaimers was magic!

Sooo Happy about your new JOB!!

[davidpdx]

21. Congrats!

[Pool Hall Ace]

22. Yay!

Congratulations!

[mnhtnbb]

23. Hooray! Congrats!

[PassingFair]

25. Thanks for all of your hearty congratulations!

Still happy!

[CrispyQ]

27. Congrats!

Love your Dean Scream avatar!!

[femmocrat]

28. Congratulations!

You'll be living the American Dream!