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Brrr. The Bay Area is having it's 4th night of artic blasting cold. Snow east of the hills and north and south. 30's here, just in the 40's during the day. Crazy but good. Next is the rain.

I had lunch today with a friend from work who recently retired. I think she's in her early to mid 50's. Well. She told me that story. She worked in the HR department and was treated very much the same as I was. She was in a position where she could quit though. Because they were forcing her out for lame crap that didn't stand out from what anyone else did for several months, she got to ask for certain things. She got 2 weeks severance, one month of COBRA (she could have gotten more she feels if she had asked) and she could have filed for unemployment, they wouldn't have contested it. I was fascinated first, by the fact that she was treated so badly and so similarly to me, then that you can ask for stuff when you're quitting if they want you to just go and then finally that she's ready for the back half of her life. Selling the house, moving to the east coast, which is so smart, cause the money will go so much further for so much longer. Really, really cool.

It also confirmed that they wanted me to quit, but I haven't and I may be able to file something against them if they fire me while I'm in the midst of all the incident stuff. I still think it could happen any minute. I just applied for a job I saw online. I really really really want a job that I like in a place I like with cool people and a good salary and benes. Presto!

Feeling better the last 2 days. Tomorrow I meet with the deputy da and advocat to prepare for next week's hearing. I don't know what to expect as far as where my mind and body will go/react but know that it's good that I'm moving forward. I just don't want to feel sick. A friend is on call to go for a drink when I'm done. Seems like a delicious martini would be just the thing, so headache don't even think about sabatoging me!