Forty for Forty – #38. Cruisin’

Friday July 8, 2011 | 6 comments

On July 1, 2009 – I woke without a job. A few days later, Andi was a newly minted employee – taking a waitress stint at a local restaurant. That’s my wife. Always making sure our nest is feathered. So despite the rigors of the daily house keep, she grabbed gainful employment to insure we could weather the days that stretched beyond the end of my severance – should it come to that.

And it did – but fortunately, not for long.

Our plan was to bank everything she made – all the while the severance kept us afloat. If I was reemployed and we hadn’t completely sapped her savings, then we would use those funds on a nice, well-deserved vacation. Well, my severance did give out and we did tap into that reserve fund but fortunately it wasn’t for long. And when I filed off for Day 1 of my new gig – a... Continue reading »