Great Moments in Unemployment History

Two Months ago on April 15th I was laid off at the end of the day which was around 6ish.

When I got home I called my mom right away. Here is how part of our conversation went:

Me "Bad news mom, I got laid off"

Mom "OH NO!"

(a few minutes of particulars being discussed)

MOM "Well Katie you know what this means....no wasting time like last year, you have to start your job search right now!!!!!"

Now some background regarding my last layoff. I had an interview within 3 weeks of my layoff and that includes a holiday weekend. I started a new job less than two months after I was laid off and I was still getting severance. I'm not exactly sure when I was wasting time...

But wait, there's more to that. This conversation was no less than 1 hour after I was fucking laid off!! Aren't I supposed to get drunk before I have to get the job search lecture?

Grrrr that royally pissed me off. I didn't think that could be topped but my father wins in that department.

He called me the next day and was very sweet and we made fun of mom for the wasting time comment..Dad is really cool...but his words of advice were priceless

"Now Kate you spent all these months losing weight, and you look great. Don't undo that by sitting around the house eating potato chips all day"

WOW

My parents are awesome.