Life Lately

written 9/8/2011

My life has been pretty chaotic the last few months.  Now this is not unlike it normally is. People who know me know there is generally always something going on. I have a chaotic normal day life and an insanely chaotic family. And I usually strive on chaos.

But the last few months have been ubberly (no I don’t care if that is not a word lol) chaotic.

This chaos started early this year when we found out my former employer had decided to sell the company. And the new owner was moving it to its previous location. This meant my 10-15 min commute would turn into a 25-35 minute commute, which in my gas guzzling car means about 2 times the cost of gas.  And of course being a 1 income family of 3 that was stretching an already overly- tight budget.  So yeah farther commute same salary…  But with the economy the way it was, we were just going to have to make it work.

Ironically the day we moved. I had my car packed with stuff from the old office, on the way to the new office when it decided to break down on the highway…  I should have seen this as a sign.  But I forged ahead, helped Melissa get the new office organized and all the fun stuff. Then one Friday my car wasn’t working and I wasn’t feeling good. So I texted Melissa and told her I probably wasn’t coming in I wasn’t feeling good etc. But she was having a hectic day and I’m stubborn so we rented a car and I went to work…. After being there for about 2 hrs I got called into the big man’s office. And was told they couldn’t afford to pay me so I was being laid off.  Now the ironic thing is I’m sure they knew before that moment that they were going to fire me. So, why they saw fit for me to drive all the way to Crestwood and work… So they could fire me a few hours later, is pretty much beyond me.

So I was fired. I have NEVER been fired. And since I started working when Joey was in Kindergarten I have never been out of work. So talk about new, this was brand spanking new. So like 3/4^th of the country I had to go on unemployment. So I went from making ok money to making about ½ what I made when working.  So that air tight budget was being pushed like never before.

What seemed to surprise people was that I wasn’t freaking out.  I knew there was a reason for this chaos. I believe in God, and I believe in the plan. Like most people I wished God gave me a hint at the plan. Lol

After 4 months of unemployment stressing and chaos. It’s starting to feel like things are normalizing… I have a job, a temp job but a job nonetheless. I am gearing up to take 2 classes at church that I am UBBER excited about. The kids are getting ready to start school and so far seem excited about it. So it’s a new school year, a new plan and what feels like a new chapter.