Well, we are scheduled to sign the mortgage within days. It’s one of the most important events we’ve been through since we’ve been married. Big new exciting chapter in our life. So what does that mean is going to happen to Tygr? You guessed it.
I’ve been laid off.
Again.
Yep, just in time for us to need our financial situation to be in the best shape it’s ever been, Tygr loses his job. Wonder what the mortgage lender will think of that? Ah, well, maybe we can keep it a secret for another coupl’a days. I won’t file for unemployment until after we sign.
Money won’t be a problem for a little while. I was given a month’s extra pay. By then unemployment will have kicked in. It’s just an enormous hassle.
It HAS gotten me down a bit. Being “downsized” three times in almost as many years could be expected to do that to a guy. I’ve decided that the next company I go to work for should be financially stable.
Sure, but that’s what sold me on THIS company. They told me they were doing great when I was hired. Believe me, I asked numerous times. What sucks is that back in August I left a great position at the production office because I was told they needed me at the main office. They were short on creative talent then, but less than six months later I’m the first one to be cut loose when their sales figures start to dip. I honestly feel like a freshman sorority girl who’s been sent home after being passed around at a fraternity kegger.
So, I’m back trolling the want-ads again. Thrills-ville. I’ll drop my updated resume off at my school’s placement office. And maybe the Unemployment Office will have some leads. Any idea how much I hate going there? Just a personal dislike for opting into that beaurocracy. As someone who has a measure of distaste for government money programs, I gotta admit part of me finds going on the dole humiliating. I know, I know, “That’s what it’s there for.” But still…
Ok, now more bad news. The guy that owns the house we’re trying to buy got the estimate on what it’s going to cost him to replace the septic field. He got rather agitated. Started saying things like “If it’s going to cost me THAT much, I don’t know why I’m bothering to sell at all.” That started getting both of us worried. OK, we began to panic. If they back out of the deal, we got nowhere to live (our landlord has already leased our apartment). Plus we’d have to start the whole looking process over again. I don’t know if we can take it if we hafta start again a third time.
On the other hand, he’s gonna have to replace that field one way or the other - the county could possibly condemn the property if he doesn’t. Plus if they back out, it’ll cost 'em quite a bit anyway.
So there is some excitement here. (Understatement, anyone?)
And I haven’t been posting from the office this week. My home computer is notoriously unreliable, as is our dial-up connection. This thread is just for the teeming thousands of you out there who’d been wondering where Tygr was. And I **know ** all of you were, right?
:: Crickets chirp in the distance ::
Right?
Anyway, I hope you find a new job fast. Good luck with everything!
