Reality

Well... this isn't good news at all, but it's reality for a lot of people right now. Kyle got laid off from his job on Monday! Horrible, I know. He came home around 11am on Monday and I was just thinking he was coming home for an early lunch so when he walked in and said he was laid off I thought he was kidding. I finally believed him when he showed me the paperwork stuff they gave him. I was pretty devastated and had my fair share of crying and being emotional for the next couple of hours. Kyle had a really good attitude about it. He kept telling me it will work out and be fine. His main concern was health insurance for the kids since our insurance was now ending at the end of January. He even handled it well when they told him. When they told him he said, "well, it's no one's fault." I would have been more upset, but then again it's really not their fault, it's the housing market. He even made it past several lay-offs over the last 15 months at his work. (He worked for a home builder as a project manager.) They even paid him a compliment by saying they would like to hire him back when the market turns around, but they know he will be taken b/c he's smart and a good guy. Hmpf. He better be hired by someone else by then. :) There's another guy in our ward that is out of work and watches his two kids and I joked that Kyle and him can start a daddy daycare or do playdates together. Ha! Gotta have some humor in this mess, right?

So now I am the sugar mama. I'm only working 2x/month right now, but today the dentist's wife, who is a hygienist in the office, offered to give me her 4 days that she was scheduled to work next month! She is happy to have a break, but that was so nice of her. I will probably look into temp hygiene work as well. Thank goodness for my education!!! The Church encourages us to get an education and this is exactly why- to get through times like this.

We will get through this and we just have to have faith that all will work out fine. It's the unknown that is scary and always wondering "how long will it take to get a job?" If we knew that answer I think we'd enjoy Kyle's time off a bit more. Maybe take a road trip... do lots of fun things... you know, the stuff you do with time off. :)