It's Raining, It's Pouring....

This is the least fun post I think I've written up to this point. But I'm going to dive right in....

Yesterday afternoon, Scott came home from work at the lunch hour. I was surprised since he'd told me that morning that he wouldn't be coming home since he had a meeting scheduled around that time. The look on his face when he walked in made my heart drop into my stomach and I immediately knew what happened, without him even saying a word.

He was laid off.

He had no idea that this was coming. Granted, with the market the way it is, it's a minor miracle that he kept his job this long, but still, we were blindsided by this news. He was understandably upset by it, and I was too. Fortunately the company gave him a small severence on top of his final paycheck, so we'll be ok for a little while before we have to dip into our savings. Hopefully it never comes to that and he can just find a new job quickly. We've been praying really hard the last 2 days and Scott is at the temple tonight. I hope he finds comfort there. He seems better today than he was yesterday, but it's still a blow we weren't expecting.

The silver lining is that the boys got to spend all day with him today. And they'll be seeing a lot more of him over the next few weeks as he searches for another job. Before, between evening MBA classes, work and bishopric commitments, we weren't seeing much of him at home, so this will be a welcome change - especially for Mister who misses Scott so much when he's gone. I hope he's not home for too long (so finances don't get too tight), but we'll enjoy it while he's here.

But I'm telling you, when it rains, it pours. My good friend's husband lost his job yesterday too. And another family friend got laid off yesterday as well. And I just found out another friend and her daughters are having to live apart from her husband (and the girls' father, obviously) while he's in grad school. It's just an awful economy right now and it seems like everyone's getting hit hard. But I have a lot to be grateful for. We are still all together as a family, with a roof over our heads, clothes on our backs and food on the table. We might be tightening the proverbial belt around here, but we'll make it and we'll be ok.