Birthdays....just a number!

Well I am now the big 50!! On your birthday at work your cube always gets decorated. I had balloons all over my desk and chair and signs all over my desk. One sign just had 50's typed all over it, then there was "Sharla is 50", and everyones favorite.."A sista is 50". Some of my coworkers were concerned that I wouldn't want the world to know that I am 50....bit is doesn't bother me one bit!!!!! Charles really spoiled me, he got up EARLY and fixed breakfast for me, he sent me flowers at work (he even remembered that gerber daisies are my favorite!!), we went out to eat at Red Lobster, and he got this thing for my car that I have been wanting.

When I think about the dreams that I had growing up...I realize that everything that I had ever hoped for has been accomplised. I am happily married....have wonderful children, who have married the perfect partners....and now a grandchild!! Some people may think that those were very shallow dreams...but really that's all I really wanted from life. Now I can sit back, save for retirement, and wait for more grandchildren (this one is really out of my control!...but you know whenever they ready, I am too)!

I had to take a break....I went out to lunch with my friend Alma (my old boss from Countrywide), her birthday is a day after mine. We kind of had a Thelma & Lousie trip. She had a gift certificate to Cantina Laredo so that's where we decided to go. Well I get to her house and she says...do you know where it is? I said...not a clue ( I thought she knew)..She said you drive I will give you directions.....You know how sometimes Mapquest can lead you astray.....well we drove all over north Fort Worth...back tracked a few times....but finally made it. We had a nice visit and laughed a lot.....Yeah for birthday buddies!!

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I don't know why I decided to do this. I am not good at putting things in writing so don't expect too much. This also shows how badly my spelling has gone down hill....but hey I am getting old so I have an excuse.

I found out this week that I will indeed lose my job...exactly when is still to be determined. Five people in our group were given their 30 day layoff notice on Tuesday. It was a sad day for all of us. Now I ask for your prayers for me and my co-workers. I would really like to get out of the banking world...but that is all I have done for the last 25 years or so. I am praying that when the time comes God will have the perfect job waiting for me. Please pray for my coworkers as the majority of them are single and have no other income to fall back on. We are being given a severance of 2 weeks for every year that we have been with the company. I have been there the longest of everyone in the group...only 3 years.....so that doesn't give a lot of time to find another job.