The Unemployed Chronicles - The Early Days

Sooooo I lost my job!!  Got "job eliminated" after 17 years of dedicated service.  Technically its only been 4 days, but since I have never been without a job it seems like a lifetime and it feels kind of weird.  Of course I have to blog about this.  I am going through a range of emotions.  At first I was angry and then I got really scared.  That was the 1st hour. Then I realized that I was actually off for the rest of the day.  Oh yeah? After months of working 7 days a week at a rate of 80+ hours per week my mind could not comprehend what this meant.  Let me see if I understand.  You want me to leave? aaand you are gonna pay me while I figure out who I am and what I want to really do with my life?  I'm trying to find a problem with this... but I cant.

Day 1:  First things first... Let's eat some pancakes.  Yeah I know, butter, syrup all bad.  But I lost my job yo!  I ate them effin pancakes...then got some more.  Damn you Aunt Jemima!!

Day 2:  Today was a blur of more comfort food and Netflix videos...and I picked up applications everywhere I went!

Day 3: I spent day 3 at the dentist getting stuff done that should have been done.  I'm smiling in this picture, cheesin actually... but you cant tell because my entire face has been numbed and they gave me those shades. I got the nerve to STILL think I'm cute! Whatever.

Sistah at the dentist

OMG when did I order all of these shoes from Coach?  Don't do that ya'll.

Day 4:  You know what...??  I'm going to a meet up!  This one focused on Technology and Business seems right up my alley and right in time!  Thank you Chocolate Chat Atlanta!

This photo is courtesy of @SwarthyDaisy

All in all, I am SO excited about what my future holds and I am uber eager to delve into what I love to do!  Just as one door has closed windows are already popping open everywhere!

Stay tuned for so much more from me and as always, thank you for reading.

Chocolate Chat Atlanta - Technology for Business Professionals

When I heard that it was time for Chocolate Chat Atlanta's 1st event of the year, I could not wait to get there!  Chocolate Chat Atlanta does not disappoint when it comes to throwing fantastically informative meetup type events for the metro Atlanta community.  Our host @SwarthyDaisy did it again by bringing us Terrance Gaines aka @BrothaTech to talk to us about Technology for Business Professionals.  Terrance is the Chief Gadget Officer of BrothaTech.com and I was eager to absorb everything that he had to say.

We were greeted and promptly seated upon arrival.  Each guest received a lovely portfolio that included everything needed to take notes and network at this event.  PLUS a bag of what else??? CHOCOLATE!

@BrothaTech spoke to us about some of the key things we needed to know when it comes to choosing a device. He also recommended the best apps to use for entrepreneurs on the go.  He even went a step further and talked to us about how some of the apps could be used with different devices.  It was really cool because we were able to follow along with his presentation on our ipads/tablets as he talked.  He took questions at the end.

@BrothaTech

Marlee's Coffee & Tea House served a light dinner with select choices from their menu.  (This was included in the ticket price.)

  And of course no Chocolate Chat is complete without the networking...  An evening well spent!

For more info on Chocolate Chat Atlanta, please check out their FB page
https://www.facebook.com/ChocolateChatAtlanta?fref=ts

For more pics of this event please check out The SistahChick & Our Natural Kids !!

Thanks for reading!!