Martin S. Paulson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 
 


 

 

 

April 2009

 

Maybe it is only whining on my part.  But of late I have been worrying about my status here in Wyoming.  Simply stated, if I do not earn enough each month to cover the meager cost of living here, then I am “on vacation” and not “working” in Wyoming.

 

And my family and I are too poor for me to afford to be on “vacation” for three years.

 

March 2009

 

And I do not even know how to describe it.  I have not been fired.  I have not been laid off.  The boss simply does not have any work for me to do.  Last week I worked one day.  This week there is no work.  And I cannot pay my bills.  I sit here at home all day, day after day waiting for the phone to ring.  Will we work today?  Will we not work today?  I am notified on a day by day basis.  Cannot go out and find a new job because I have a job, sort of …