OH my gosh,
thank you SO MUCH Alffe!!!!
I've spend the last couple of hours:
vacuuming
feeding myself
ruminating over and over ... and actually coming up with some positive feelings about how things happen for a reason.... another opportunity will present itself...

... and when the negative thoughts come in... I feel them and analyze them ... my guts roll a bit but I'm handling it...
called my x-boss and asked that she please mail my last check as she'd offered (when I left I told her I'd be fine to pick it up on Monday but more thought made me realize it wouldn't be a good idea to go back there

)
.........
Alffe! You and I and so many others here have been through so much with together!

I love how good you are for me... you are the very definition of

FRIEND!