Lose one job quit another.

Well I have not posted in a while So I will try to give a quick rundown of the past 2 or 3 months. December was a difficult month. With Christmas keeping everyone busy along with everything else we do it was hard to keep up. But about4 days before Christmas day I got notice that I was being let go and to be out by noon. They had no more work for me. My supervisor and other boss called me in after I got the news and apologized for everything. Letting me know he had fought to keep me. I do not blame him for anything. But that took all the wind out of my sales just before Christmas. I was expecting if nothing else maybe a bonus check for all the hard work I had done from September to December. But instead I got a severance check.

So now it has been a little over 2 months since I was laid off. I have found that getting an unemployment check is very difficult to get from the state. First off they don't take into account what I was really earning. So I have took about a $1000 per month pay cut. Then I took a part time job and so they stopped payment on my unemployment right away. That job I was not earning anything and not enjoying it at all. I could not even justify the gas I was spending to get to work. So I quit that job so that I could look for something better. Of course if you quit a job they will put your unemployment back on hold until they decide if they are still going to pay you or not. Paperwork paperwork paperwork. Make our government run slow and yet they still make mistakes. So now I am working part time for my wifes parents helping will collections and some billing. Mostly the folding of paperwork on the billing. But I will say a much more satisfying job compared to the other one.

Now I am still looking for full time work. I am taking online courses to try and get a bachelors degree in art, something I have been thinking of doing for a long time. Sad that it took me loosing my job before I fully took advantage of it. Then I sit at home most of the day trying to save money and take advantage of everything I can. Hopefully sometime soon I will be doing allot of doggy sitting so that I can help pay the bills. I figure if I take a few part time jobs along with the doggy sitting I might be able to bring in a pretty decent salary.

So I guess that would be the basics for everything. I am sure not many people read this so any secrets that I may have divulged should be safe.

Double Thanksgiving.

So this is my first year Married, and this is my first holiday season not being a bachelor. Not that I have been single for the past 2 years. Just not everything is official and recognized by the state. So some of the hiccups of all of this is the fact that I have two sides to my family. My side and the wifes side. I got it off easy for thanksgiving this year since some of my family is not going to be in town this year. So we got to have a big thanksgiving meal over at my brothers house with his family and my parents. We ate allot and are heavier for it. Then thanksgiving day we will be with Cassie's family.

This will be a good year for us. Next year we will have a whole new mess since both family's are so close and and of course both of us get along with our families we will be all over. So hopefully next year our financial status will be better than it is this year so that we can afford the gas from driving all over town.

But it feels good to have started into this holiday season. I have found that I am enjoying the thought of having 2 thanksgiving meals on two separate days. That way I get to enjoy both families cooking and I don't have to conserve my stomach for another big meal later that day.

Happy holidays to everyone.