Swoosh went the rug

AB is home today. He was layed off yesterday. Swoosh, right out from under us.

In the larger scheme of things we are very lucky. Living on one income is not a significant burden to us. We do have to make changes as we were very used to a double income lifestyle. And of course, a chance to plan for this would have been nice, instead of AB's company INSISTING that everyone's jobs were secure (5 people total were layed off yesterday). And a lot of "extras" that we enjoy in life are going by the wayside. We are getting one more house cleaning out of our cleaner and then letting her go on Friday. *sob* I am cutting Leif's schedule back at school, effective Monday. I will take him at 8:30am as usual, but daddy will pick him up at 3:30pm, which will save money and give AB time with Leif in the afternoons and me an opportunity to work late if need be.

The worst part about this is the very awkward timing. AB is 5 credits from his Masters in Engineering, he will graduate in December. Of course, his training is as an analytical chemist, which he is seriously tired of. And jobs here for chemists are scarce as we have found in the past.
We are still assessing the options and letting this all sink in. It could be good. AB thinks it will serve as a good kick in the pants to get moving in the direction he needs to. I will admit it frightens me. Being the planner I see lots of options on the horizon, some good and some bad and some just plain different. With the recent talk of our back up plan, I fear that if something good doesn't pan out for AB in the next few months the job search will be postponed until near graduation. Which means at that point, the job search will be nationwide, and involve both of us.