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August 28, 2007

Holy roller coaster

Just after I mentioned (about two posts ago) that I was feeling pretty comfortable that I wouldn’t be laid off this go-round we found out that my husband lost his job!

He’s a NY Teaching Fellow and was so excited when he got a job at a great school for a great salary. It could only have been a couple of weeks or so after they hired him that they basically took it back (which apparently isn’t uncommon among the Fellows). We were devastated because now that school is starting most positions are filled. I couldn’t believe our luck had turned so drastically in such a short period of time (even though this is happening to me quite a lot.)

I didn’t mention it until now because this has been the nature of all my posts lately, my roller coaster life, it’s hardly believable. I was so stressed out this past week remembering my nervous break down not too long ago. I was convinced it would soon return.

Staying true to form, the cosmos that is, yanked me back in the positive direction. My husband just got his job back today. I’m so thankful I want to shout from a mountain top every few minutes. This time they can’t take it back, he’s in. His employers always liked him but for a brief moment they thought they were going to be able to keep the teacher he was replacing. Now that space is officially available and they want him to fill it, it’s a done deal.

This episode may have taken a few years off of my life and certainly added a couple of pounds. I weighed in at 198. Thankfully I’m still under 200. My exercise has been limited and my eating not so great. I was just about on a roll with exercise but it petered out. It’s not exactly at none, so for that I’m grateful.

Posted by hopeful @ August 28, 2007 5:44 PM