Huh...

So really, this shouldn't be a surprise, and yet it was. Yesterday my boss announced that she was going to have to cut our hours down to 32 a week. It isn't permenent, hopefully, but this way no one has to be laid off. I know she agonized over it. She isn't paying herself at the moment. One thing I will say, she never asks us to do what she won't.


We are a little office. None us us can really afford the cut. Tony just came back today from being on leave after heart surgery. Not a great welcome. He supports his wife.


Connie's mom was laid off over 6 months ago and still hasn't found work (though how much of that is the market and how much is her I can't say). She announced last week that they would have to sell the house...then let 2 of Connie's sisters and a friend move back home without paying rent. As Frank points out, if everyone could pitch in a few hundred they could pay the mortgage, but there he goes again, being all logical. Connie's mom's reaction was "well you'll just have to get 2 more jobs". Nice.

Beverly wasn't full time to start with, lives with her parents and is getting out from under 2 divorces and 3 kids who are finally grown.

Will has been saving for an apartment so he can move out of the house he shares with his brothers. He just got a loan to finally replace his 25 year old truck.

Then there's me. Paying off old debt and new. So what's a girl to do? She goes home and talks about it with the man in her life and lets some ideas rattle around in her head for an evening. She crunches the numbers, realizes she's okay for a month or so, and the next day she sends out resumes.

Its been 12 years since I've had to do that, with the odd one passed around at interesting opportunities but nothing serious.

Life is an interesting ride...