So... ya. Manager calls me into his office on Friday and says the company is cutting costs because of lack of money and I'm now "surplus to requirements." So I'm working this week out, then I'm jobless. Three notably amusing things (and when I say 'amusing' you must realise my teeth are gritted at the time):
 
1. When he told me, he commented, "Wow, you're taking this well! I guess you don't mind that much." Oh I'm sorry, would you rather I kicked you in the nuts and stapled your head to a desk? Ultimately that would do nothing for me. But not freaking out doesn't mean I'm PLEASED you took my job away.
 
2. He also informed me that, due to the fact that they decided to pay me for holidays at Christmas that I hadn't 'worked off' I now owe them days. So instead he'll just take my paycheck this week. Nice. "You have no job.. and we're taking this paycheck too."
 
3. I discovered this morning that the packet of jelly sweets I had in my desk drawer have been polished off, all that remains is an empty bag. Aforementioned manager is the only one who knew I had them in that drawer, because he saw me take them out to go offer them around the office. So basically, he took my job, he took my last paycheck, and he took my candy.
 
But I'm over it. I cried on Friday, I sulked on Saturday, and on Sunday I got out of bed and cleaned the kitchen, had a shower, dressed myself in expensive lingerie for no reason, and started applying for jobs online. There aren't any, but I have to try.
 
I currently have just under 4k euro, and that's it. Tony has no job, and by the looks of it he won't til he finishes school in June. The job front in Ireland is looking pretty dire. The more time that goes by, the more I'm going to have to spend out of that 4k that I've saved for the states in June. I was supposed to have 9k by May, but obviously that's not happening. I don't want to NOT go in June, so we're trying to work off the assumption that that's not an option.
 
So. Any bright ideas??