Escape from a toxic job is right! While not perfect, my old company was like a family - very supportive but also had it's share of minor squabbles amongst employees. Then the company "restructured" a year and a half ago. They cut a 3-person department down to 1 and said it was a 1-person job anyway. That's when the stress reached a surreal level. Fortunately I resumed my accounting classes last fall. Unfortunately I'm nowhere near finished with the degree. At some point I will go to school fulltime to get the degree done otherwise I'll be taking night classes for the next ten years! But I'm not at that point yet. In the meantime, I have to figure something out.

I know what you mean by the half-hearted job search. It's such a kick in the teeth to be let go after so many years for whatever reason. It does a number on your self esteem. Then you have your injury adding making things worse. I don't know about you, but physical pain makes everything much worse for me.

You're right that I'm better off without that job. I certainly look alot better. The bags under my eyes are back to normal size, lol. But you know what really gets me is that they dumped me before I could dump them!

I'm sorry to hear you're having one of your down times. Please take care. You're welcome to write to me privately if you want to vent and rant. We all need that!