And the Shoe Dropped: My Bride Lost Her Job Today

In my post from this morning, giving an update on our marriage counseling, I polished it off with the following paragraph:

Anyway, I'm just letting you all know, we're in a lull of goodness. Something bad is about to happen. I just know it. The next shoe is going to drop soon.

Little did I know that at that very moment, my wife had been called into the office of her company and was being laid off. The shoe did drop. 

The good news:

• The company gave her two weeks severance
• They extended her health care through June (our family of 8 relies on my wife's work for health coverage)
• My bride HATED her job with a passion
• The company had no clear path to raises or promotions and actually told my wife that she had no guarantee of a pay increase ever
• She can now relax and work full time, finding a job that suits her
• So much more good news...

The bad news:

• This is hitting my wife hard, being that she graduated from college last fall, and has had hundreds of job applications rejected out of hand. Corporate America does not look kindly on a stay at home mom that wants to go back to work. Not to mention, she is very much a perfectionist.

But now is the time for me to shine and be the best damn husband there ever was. I think we'll party this weekend.