Last week, my wife had a very bad day when she went to the doctor in the morning and found out that she had fibromyalgia and went to work in the afternoon and found out that she was being let go from her job. This week, it was my turn. Yesterday afternoon, my boss told me that my hours and hourly rate were going to be cut back substantially. Essentially, I am going from full-time salaried employee to half-time at about 60% of my previous hourly rate.
The good news is that I will still get to keep my health insurance, a significant advantage since I am diabetic and have recently been put on insulin. Given my previous condition, I doubt very much that I would be able to get private coverage. The bad news is that at the hourly rate and amount of hours that I’ll be working, I will not be making enough to meet the mortgage, let alone eat. We have savings for a couple months, but things will be very tight for awhile.
So, both my wife and I will be looking for full-time work in the worst economic climate in our lifetimes. We trust that God will bring something good out of this. The good news is that we have a great support system of family and friends who love us. We know that there are a lot of people out there who are in a lot worse condition than we are.
