It's awkward. Up until now, I've always had a side project or four, some significant upgrade in the works... but those days are gone. Normally I would be planning for next year's hardware refresh right now... but there won't be one.

So right now, I'm just putting out fires and supporting the current infrastructure. That's what I mean by bare minimum. It feels weird, but that's all there is for me to do. No point in planning for improvements. One day we will flip a switch and go from our system to their system.

I've told the parent company I don't want to work for them. They will lay off all the local administrative staff and managers anyway, so there will be plenty of people willing to provide good references!

Some days are very busy, but if no one is asking for my help, I have nothing to do. I am working on programming projects that improve my skills but they don't have anything to do with this company.

I guess a responsible career minded person would be aggressively looking for another job. I'm kind of hoping I can hang on for another few months and take the summer off...