I'VE BEEN FIRED?

WELL NOW THAT I FINALLY HAVE LEARNED THE ART OF BLOGGING, I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD JUST START JOTTING THINGS DOWN FROM MY EVERYDAY LIFE TO GET EVERYONE'S OPINION. I HAVE MULLED THIS STUFF OVER AND OVER SO LONG NOW THAT IT ALL SEEMS LIKE A BLUR,TOO THE POINT THAT I NO LONGER KNOW IF I'M COMING OR GOING. IT HAS DEPRESSED ME SO MUCH THAT MY DAY TO DAY ROUTINES HAVE NOW TURNED ME INTO THE COUCH POTATO I NEVER WAS!
IN NOVEMBER 2008 AFTER ALMOST 17 WONDERFUL YEARS AT A REALLY FULFILLING JOB IN LONGTERM CARE,I WAS FIRED.
IT TURNS OUT THAT A HUSBAND OF A WIFE WHOM I CARED FOR ALMOST 7YRS. WHO HAD PASSED AWAY IN FEBRUARY 2008,MADE A CLAIM TOO ANYONE WHO WOULD LISTEN, THAT I WAS THE ONLY FRIEND HE HAD LEFT AND HE WAS GRATEFUL TOO ME FOR HAVING TAKEN SUCH GOOD CARE OF HIS WIFE,THAT WHEN HE DIES HE WAS LEAVING EVERYTHING TOO ME.NOW MIND YOU, THESE WERE JUST WORDS THAT WERE SAID IN GRIEF, I NEVER TOOK STOCK IN ANY OF THOSE WORDS!
FAST FORWARD NOW TO OCTOBER. I AM BEING CALLED DOWN TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT FACING SUSPENSION PENDING AN INVESTIGATION FOR EXPLOITATION OF RESIDENTS AND/OR THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS!
WHAAAAAAAAT?????????
ULTIMATELY I WAS FIRED IN NOVEMBER.
I CRIED SO MUCH I COULDN'T EVEN THINK STRAIGHT. HOW CAN THEY FIRE ME WHEN I DID NOTHING WRONG?
WHEN I RECEIVED THE FINAL TERMINATION PAPERS IN THE MAIL, I FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT UNTIL I COULD FIND SOMETHING ELSE.
2 WEEKS LATER I GET A LETTER IN THE MAIL SAYING THAT MY EMPLOYER WAS DISPUTING THE UNEMPLOYMENT CASE AND THERE WOULD HAVE TOO BE AN INVESTIGATION AS TOO WHETHER OR NOT I DESERVED THESE BENEFITS UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH I HAD BEEN FIRED.OKAY, NO PROBLEM, I HAVE NOTHING MORE TOO LOSE.
ABOUT 4 WEEKS LATER, I GET A CALL FROM AN INVESTIGATOR FOR UNEMPLOYMENT WHO HAD BEEN FOLLOWING MY CLAIM AND IT TURNS OUT THAT BACK IN OCTOBER WHEN I WAS BEING INVESTIGATED FOR EXPLOITATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH HAD FOUND NO GROUNDS FOR MY TERMINATION, NUMBER ONE BECAUSE THE WOMAN I HAD CARED FOR WAS NO LONGER A PATIENT OF MINE BECAUSE SHE HAD EXPIRED 8 MONTHS BEFORE, AND NUMBER TWO, THE CLAIMS THAT HER HUSBAND HAD MADE, HE NEVER FOLLOWED THROUGH ON ANYWAY.BUT WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY EMPLOYERS ATTENTION BY THE UNEMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATOR,MY EMPLOYER TOLD HIM THAT THAT WAS NOT WHAT THEY FIRED ME FOR ORIGINALLY....... IT WAS FOR RESIDENT ABUSE.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
SO THE UNEMPLOYMENT INVESTIGATOR ADVISED ME THAT I SHOULD GET A LAWYER, BECAUSE HE FELT THAT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM I WAS BEING SCREWED!
SO I HAVE RETAINED A LAWYER, WHO NOT ONLY THINKS THAT I AM GOING TO WIN THE UNEMPLOYMENT CASE, BUT ALSO A SEPERATE CASE FILED FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION,LIABLE,SLANDER AND DEFAMATION OF CHARACTER!
HA HA YOU SAY,I'M STILL WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP,BECAUSE THIS IS LITTLE OLD ME GOING UP AGAINST A BIG COMPANY...BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
THE JUDGE HAS RECEIVED MY REQUEST FOR A TRIAL AND I AM JUST WAITING FOR THE COURT DATE....I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED!