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Fitting Pieces Together

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I dropped a bomb and dissappeared.  Mainly, I just needed to process.

On the blogging front, I’m headed to SXSW this weekend. I feel like I should have backed out considering I have to pay for food – and I just dipped into the student loan payment for groceries this week.  But.  My sponsors took care of the big costs, and both my parents and Poe said that I need to get my business cards out there and mingle.  They’re right.  It just seems like the wrong time to go.  Not to mention I’ll have a roommate.  A perfectly nice stranger.  I know of her, but have never met her.  The problem lying in the fact that I’ve never ever had a hotel roommate before.  My neurosis is worried.

I haven’t had the time to write at Blissfully Domestic or edit at Blog Nosh.  I’m afraid my bosses are going to drop me.

I was on a conference call yesterday with Maria Shriver in regards to the We Connect program, which I’ll be writing about here at some point.

On the home front…  Well…  I’m getting used to having my husband here.  All.The.Time.  There’s a lot of togetherness.  In theory, that’s good.  In practice, I’m having a hard time getting into the groove of a new routine.

We applied for unemployment.  We got a letter stating what our benefits would be.  Then we got another letter that he has to participate in an interview about it.  The last week of March.  He lost his job the last week of February.  We’ve yet to see a cent.  No income.  And we’re waiting on our tax refund, which we’ll be living off of.  This is not good.  Not a nibble yet on his resume.

I don’t want to go back to work outside the home.  I don’t.  My coming home was the best thing that ever happened to this family.  Everyone was thriving.  But I just don’t know how long we can hold on.

The only good news was that I tracked down a bit about Cobra in the new recovery act signed.  I then tracked down a federal labor employee in Washington.  Basically, even though there’s no paperwork in place as of yet (they have 60 days to come up with practices based on the bill) we’ll only need to pay 35% of our Cobra payment.  This is a huge relief, as it means we won’t have to lose medical coverage.

We’ll probably default on Poe’s student loan.  We called and they said that we have no deferments left, and there’s nothing they can do for us.  So.  There’s the credit we built for 10 years down the toilet.

Sigh.

I’m trying to hold it together.  But life kind of sucks right now.

Welcome to the Economy

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Three posts in one day.  That may be a record.

Announcement:  My husband, Poe as you know him here, came home today with his box of belongings in hand.  Yes, he was laid off.  No, there was no inkling ahead of time at all.

That makes two unemployed people in the household.

There have been tears.

I feel myself going into fix it super project assistant mode (cue superhero theme music.)  Which is good – I’m good in a crisis.  But seeing as this here is my journal it seems only fair that I warn you that whining may be ahead.  Also ahead, posting of Poe’s resume (hey – you never know!) and upping the marketing of Vineyard Virtual Services as well.  Please be patient with me.  And maybe gentle and kind as well.

Things are a little raw.  There’s the money, yes.  But well – money’s money.  The more stressful tidbit is that we have a heart patient who will have surgery in the house (Logan) and no medical insurance as of today.  The ax came down hard.

It seems stupid now, but Poe and I talked about it.  I’m still going to SXSW.  The networking possibilities for my business are countless, and since he can now take me to and from the airport (ahem) the only costs will now be food and gratuities thanks to the fact that I won the trip.  Thank you Wal-Mart.  Let’s face it – my business is a service, and I need to get it in front of the eyes of the people who can use it.

So.  If you’re the praying sort, I have a few specific requests:

1.  That I don’t lose it.  I cannot lose it.  I need to remain calm and functional.

2.  That Logan has no immediate issues that need attending to.

3.   That Poe keeps his self confidence intact, which is so necessary for the interviewing process, not to mention as a man.

4.  That we are good stewards of what we have, and that our physical needs are met.

5.  That the family remains healthy and whole, both physically and emotionally.

My thanks in advance.

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