Last week I was invited to a zoom meeting with my boss. His first words were "Today is your last day". There was no notice and no inkling that my job was being outsourced. As a developer, I have access to all the company's systems so I sorta understand why they didn't want to give me notice but it was kind of brutal because we were signing on our dream house the following day. It was 3 wooded acres in the country with 400 feet of riverfront. Anyhow, we had to back out of the deal and eat the costs that we had already incurred. I lost my job and my lifelong dream in the same instant. Now I'm faced with trying to find a job in tech at 63 along with 250,000 others who've been laid off in my industry. Sorry for the drawn out story but I want my good readers to understand why editing and posting to Nexus Rising are taking a back seat for the moment. I'm going to be scrambling trying to find work before we lose this house. Unfortunately, I'm not anywhere even close to making any money from my writing, so I'm going to have to find something very soon. Good thoughts are much appreciated from everyone who reads this.