In Limbo....

I could tell you the economy is not at its best and you'd probably say you are feeling it, too. Well, up until recently, I did not feel the effects too much. But, that all changed on October 14th.

My husband was home from work for Columbus day and instead of being out enjoying the day doing something fun, we were stuck home watching some workers put in a new drain system and sump pump in our basement, along with a new window and window well. The next day, he went to work as usual. The boys and I had gone to the library and were on our way home when I got a phone call from him. I could tell something was off. He asked me how close to home I was and said he'd call me back once I was home. So, of course I am wondering what is going on. Turns out, his company let him go. They told him his last day of work would be that coming Friday. Yep--we had a full FOUR days to prepare!!

So, here we are a month later and still nothing. I really didn't feel too stressed in the beginning and somehow I'm still not too bad. But, I do have to admit that I am starting to think a job may be in my future. It seems that my husband may not be able to go into a new job making what he was at his old job. If you add the fact that the housing market in this area is absolutely ridiculous, we aren't in very good shape. I know the housing market has taken a hit in most places, but it seems to be especially bad here. A house 2 doors down is for sale for about 1/3 what we paid for ours. Not to mention that ours was a fixer-upper and the one for sale has had a lot of work done on it. We should be able to make it a couple more months, maybe 3, but beyond on that it starts to get ugly.

In case you are curious about what my husband was doing, he was a DoD contractor.