Change and More Changes
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I was just beginning to wrap my head around the idea of having to move from this house that we've been in for so long...with the possibility of having to move from this town that we've lived in for over 30 years. Then Friday dh comes home and tells me got a notice that his classroom is basically being eliminated at the end of the school year..think California budget issues and the trickle down effect it's having on everyone.
Yesterday I was really surprised at how I was feeling. I mean, I've gone over different scenarios over and over in my head and how I would react to them, but, I felt like I shut down. I was walking around here in this huge funk and I couldn't pull myself out of it. What ended up happening was dh and I got in to an argument over something minor and he stormed out...but, before he left he told me he couldn't handle this if I couldn't handle it. That was like a bucket of cold water in my face. He's right...we will never get through this very uncertain future if we allow ourselves to fall apart. We can't afford the luxury of that.
At least we have a few more months of income coming in...this will give him a chance to start looking for more work now. We've also started a plan...it's just a beginning...but it's something.
- No more eating out…everything will be made from scratch
- We are committing a higher amount of our payday to go in to savings
- I’m going to consign everything I possibly can that we don’t need
- We’ve upped the size of our change jar to a gallon size one
- No more movies out…if it’s something we really want to see we’ll wait until it’s on dvd
- I’m going to take half my food budget and put it towards the more inexpensive preps (rice, beans, etc.)
- Wherever we move to has got to have some space for me to garden
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