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Originally Posted by AGDee
I'm taking my good friend, who was laid off from my work place last week, out for drinks tonight. She's also a single mom of two teenagers who works hard just to keep things going. She got 12 weeks severance pay. She has a very optimistic attitude.
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My friend called me on Friday and cancelled. She didn't sound good. She said it all suddenly hit her and she just wasn't feeling up to going out. I'm worried about her.
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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
Some industries are doing well, no doubt. My brother is director of marketing for a gun manufacturer - they are having to work round the clock to try and fill all the orders being sent in by those afraid of an Obama gun ban. On the negative side, he's still having trouble selling his house.
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I think the gun thing will die down soon.
Alpha Gam celebrates their Founder's Day with what we call International Reunion Day where we have regional/chapter luncheons. Because we have a lot of chapters in Michigan, we do a statewide IRD with all the collegiate chapters and any alumnae who want to attend present. So, it's a great chance to catch up with alumnae from other areas. The question of the day was "Are you still working?" I heard it so many times that I ended up saying to my table..
When we went through rush (because we had all gone through rush, not recruitment), the question of the day was "What's your major?" When we graduated, it became "What do you do? Who do you work for?" It's sad that now, the question is "Are you still working?"
One of my sisters said "Yeah, and we're the ones who did the right thing, got an education, stayed in our careers, but an education is no guarantee anymore"
But, all of Michigan has a bright spot at the moment. Thanks MSU for making it to the dance on your home turf. We needed that. We needed a bright spot among all the bleak news. And, for this weekend, we have the press and many visitors in Detroit for the Final Four. Hopefully it will help carry our downtown businesses for a little bit longer. In a way too though, it's sad, because this is our last big event. In the past few years, we hosted the All Star Game, the Super Bowl and now the Final Four. These events really helped our downtown restaurants and bars keep going. But, this is the last of these huge events. I don't know how they're going to survive after this.