In an effort to think positive, look on the bright side, find the silver lining and all that, a list of the top 10 positives about my hubs being laid off:
10. He's beginning to understand why I hate Kathie Lee Gifford so much. (For God's sake why doesn't Hoda just smack her?!)
9. More time for visiting friends and family.
8. No more explaining what goes on here during the day.
7. He bakes homemade bread to relieve stress. Yum!
6. I haven't been to Walmart in 2 weeks.
5. Saves on gas.
4. House and yard work is getting done.
3. An extra set of hands means no more waiting for nap time to take a shower.
2. He gets to spend more time with Evelynn.
1. We get to spend more quality time together.
And now I have a scene from Life of Brian and the song "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" stuck in my head. :)
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Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Things I Know For Sure
I've been pretty good about not wallowing in our recent string of bad luck. I haven't even had a good cry about it all. But I feel like I'm on the verge of a Class A breakdown. It's not any one of the individual events really, just sort of the combination of one thing on top of another. But mostly it's the uncertainty of it all. When and Where will Hubs find a new job? How long can we afford health insurance and the mortgage in the meantime? Is it irresponsible to buy Evelynn a new winter had (especially when I want this one) when I could just knit or crochet her one myself and save the $15? Have we really come to the point where I'm VERY concerned with $15? Will we have to sell the house? Where will we live? Will we have to move somewhere where we don't know anyone at all? Will I have to go back to work? Will we have to move somewhere cold? I really don't want to live somewhere cold. It's enough to make anybody cry.
So, in order to help hold on to my last shred of sanity I've decided to make a list of the things that I do know for sure.
1. I love my husband and daughter.
2. They love me.
3. No matter what else happens, we will always have each other.
4. We have amazing friends for support.
5. We have a terrific family that won't let us starve or be homeless.
6. This too shall pass.
That feels better. The other thing I know for sure: There's a gift certificate for a massage from the wonderful Alicia Burk that I've been saving since Mother's Day sitting on my dresser . It may be time to cash that puppy in.
So, in order to help hold on to my last shred of sanity I've decided to make a list of the things that I do know for sure.
1. I love my husband and daughter.
2. They love me.
3. No matter what else happens, we will always have each other.
4. We have amazing friends for support.
5. We have a terrific family that won't let us starve or be homeless.
6. This too shall pass.
That feels better. The other thing I know for sure: There's a gift certificate for a massage from the wonderful Alicia Burk that I've been saving since Mother's Day sitting on my dresser . It may be time to cash that puppy in.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Well that sucks.
Just a couple days ago I was telling my wonderful husband that I was scared things were going too well and I was wondering when the other shoe would drop. Consider it dropped.
My husband's company decided to throw a wrench into our perfect little world. Completely out of the blue this morning they laid him off.
He just started this job in April a couple weeks before Evelynn was born. It was perfect. No travel (his old job had him traveling nearly 50 weeks a year). He was doing what he loved and he got a 30% raise. Essentially the same amount both of us had made combined. GREAT! I quit my job when Evelynn was 3 weeks old.
So, this morning I was loading the dishwasher when I heard the garage door open. Um.. After last week's break-in I pretty well jumped out of my skin. Then I heard the door open and it's a good thing there wasn't a knife near by. But then Mike came around the corner I was ok, if a little confused. His office was 30 miles away. What was he doing home at 11:30AM? He'd been told to clean out his office. Not. Good.
So, what do we do now? Well, he got a little bit of severance, not much. And he gets to file for unemployment. Joy. But he was told to consider himself lucky. See the VP of another plant in the company wants him to go to North Carolina and interview with that plant on Monday. Um. Ok. So, the job they want him to apply for is essentially doing the same thing he does now, but not a management position. So it pays less than he makes here but the cost of living there is more. We wouldn't be able to live on it, especially not with all the medical bills from Evie's birth still hanging over our heads. Besides that, we'd have to move half way across the country away from our friends and even farther from our family.
He's searching Monster and Career Builder and Linkedin, and any other job site he can find. We'll see if anything surfaces. But so far there doesn't appear to be anything around here. So chances are we'll have to move. I just hope we can move closer to family rather than farther away.
I don't want to move. I love my house. We JUST renovated the bathroom and I LOVE it. I don't want to give it up. I have trees planted in the front yard that are supposed to grow with Evelynn. I have plants stolen out of my Mom's yard at her old house. I'm comfortable here. And I just got rid of tons of junk so it's much more comfortable now. Besides that, the house isn't ready to go on the market. We need new carpet and new paint all over the house. I hadn't planned on doing any of that for a while. I always thought it was stupid when people painted their house just to put it on the market. I always thought if I painted, darn it I was going to enjoy it for a while. Guess not.
This sucks.
My husband's company decided to throw a wrench into our perfect little world. Completely out of the blue this morning they laid him off.
He just started this job in April a couple weeks before Evelynn was born. It was perfect. No travel (his old job had him traveling nearly 50 weeks a year). He was doing what he loved and he got a 30% raise. Essentially the same amount both of us had made combined. GREAT! I quit my job when Evelynn was 3 weeks old.
So, this morning I was loading the dishwasher when I heard the garage door open. Um.. After last week's break-in I pretty well jumped out of my skin. Then I heard the door open and it's a good thing there wasn't a knife near by. But then Mike came around the corner I was ok, if a little confused. His office was 30 miles away. What was he doing home at 11:30AM? He'd been told to clean out his office. Not. Good.
So, what do we do now? Well, he got a little bit of severance, not much. And he gets to file for unemployment. Joy. But he was told to consider himself lucky. See the VP of another plant in the company wants him to go to North Carolina and interview with that plant on Monday. Um. Ok. So, the job they want him to apply for is essentially doing the same thing he does now, but not a management position. So it pays less than he makes here but the cost of living there is more. We wouldn't be able to live on it, especially not with all the medical bills from Evie's birth still hanging over our heads. Besides that, we'd have to move half way across the country away from our friends and even farther from our family.
He's searching Monster and Career Builder and Linkedin, and any other job site he can find. We'll see if anything surfaces. But so far there doesn't appear to be anything around here. So chances are we'll have to move. I just hope we can move closer to family rather than farther away.
I don't want to move. I love my house. We JUST renovated the bathroom and I LOVE it. I don't want to give it up. I have trees planted in the front yard that are supposed to grow with Evelynn. I have plants stolen out of my Mom's yard at her old house. I'm comfortable here. And I just got rid of tons of junk so it's much more comfortable now. Besides that, the house isn't ready to go on the market. We need new carpet and new paint all over the house. I hadn't planned on doing any of that for a while. I always thought it was stupid when people painted their house just to put it on the market. I always thought if I painted, darn it I was going to enjoy it for a while. Guess not.
This sucks.
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