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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