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" I got to the office this morning, only to have my boss request that I join a meeting he was in. I headed over to the neighboring building where the conference room was located, and there sat my boss...with the guy from Human Resources. Oh, no. My face instantly fell, and the HR guy gave me the old, &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re sorry, but we need to have a difficult conversation...&amp;quot; opener and somehow, I kept myself from sobbing as they let me know that they&amp;#039;re eliminating a position in our department. Specifically, the one I do, along with another coworker. She and I now have to re-apply for the one remaining position. And she&amp;#039;s got seniority on me, and no constraints on her schedule since her kids are grown and she can work all the overtime and occasionally odd hours they need. Me, I&amp;#039;ve got an ex who lives in another state and a special-needs kid who needs a babysitter and will need one for some time, and that babysitter works set hours that make any schedule changes on my part pretty much impossible. Of course, the timing on this could not be worse, in the middle of my divorce mediation. I hold all the medical, dental and vision benefits for me and the kids. All the budget worksheets I just filled out are now going to have to be thrown out the window if they choose my colleague, who is every bit as qualified as I am and not nearly as constrained by the things I&amp;#039;m dealing with.  So I sat there, fighting back tears, nodding my head until they finished talking to me. Then I went to the bathroom and threw up before I did as they suggested and took the rest of the day off. Breathe, Ellie. Just Breathe. Somehow, this will work out. I just wish I knew how. [Follow Ellie on Twitter and Facebook] "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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