Soon, too soon.... Soon this will be what my work place will look like. I have just signed the paper for termination of my employment at the KMH-school (Swedish School of Complementary Medicine). This silly old T.Rex is turning 67 million years old on October 7, and is thus no longer employable. I started at the school in 1993 and helped build up Sweden's best and only education in medical massage therapy. Since then, several schools have copied the name, but not the quality or content. The education came to be under the Swedish government's vocational college system for 3 years. Unfortunately, thereafter, applicants expected a free education, and the school went economically down hill when that was no longer forthcoming. Another problem was when the head mistress / owner turned the school over to her son, who discovered the reason for repeated near bankruptcy was due to his sister and her live-in siphoning off money for their own purposes. They were fired, whereupon they sued for a large sum. The crooked legal system awarded them the money despite their embezzlement of school funds. The school property was then put on auction and purchased by the son at considerable expense. With all the turmoil, teachers left. And no money meant delayed salaries. To save money, some staff was fired, too, resulting in more law suites. Finally, I am / was the only full time employed person - acting as secretary, janitor, and so on.... And now I'm retired as of October 7, 2017. Not fun. So, now I have to figure out how to get my laptop to function at home. A question of space. And IF my home computer can be fixed at all. I must have compatibility with WinXP and Vista as I have a lot of expensive software I can't afford to buy again! So, if I'm rare at Rendo, you'll know why! The empty chair in the thumb nail is symbolic of my departure. It is in front of the desk of an 80 year old colleague who was diagnosed with cancer a short while ago. She feels physically OK, but is psychologically a mess. I'm trying to support her while also trying to figure out how to handle the 6 students in her course (I don't have competence to teach it). The school has no money to reimburse them if she should become unable to complete their 5 day course. Though the situation is deplorable, I still say "Cheers!" to you all, and hope to remain on line despite the situation! Summer says "Hi!" T.Rex says "Hi!"