Monday, February 4, 2008

I just took a breath

I was finally starting to feel comfortable with our financial situation. I don't worry about buying groceries, we have health insurance AND can afford the doctor, I've been able to pay the school on time. We were even about to purchase a used van that can accommodate the family and our strollers. Now the axe falls on my husband's office on May 15th. The international corporation is trying to get this division sold and is "consolidating" by closing all these little businesses it had been purchasing in the past few years. Of course my husband doesn't have any regular job where he can go just about anywhere and find work. He has a specialized career, where job openings are few and far between and which often don't pay all that well. This job was a rare gem with good benefits, high salary, somewhat flexible hours and not too far away. It took him a year to find it. After going back to school for 5 years. I cannot do that again. I am in a panic but still at home with the kiddos so I can't show it in any way.