the dread sets in

My shiftmate is a very good Windows sysadmin, but was given little respect by many here due to her lack of UNIX skills.  However, she went to great lengths to improve them and learn as much as she could, and i admired that, so i would make a point to tell people about how much better she was than they thought, including our new director, who became our de facto boss when, after four weeks as our boss's boss, he fired our boss (which, in itself, was not a bad thing, but it was worrisome).

Well, he just fired her this morning.  And now i feel just a tad exposed because i think that i stuck my neck out for her.  I just talked to the guy and he said that i should not feel worried at all because he values my work very much, which is somewhat reassuring.  And yet.