Tuesday, February 16, 2010

An end to insomnia

Its been a while since I last posted. It wasn't because I had nothing say, on the contrary, I had too much to say. I don't like to complain, so I have tendency to keep my frustrations bottled up inside. I've been a real insomniac for the what seemed like months. It's almost impossible to sleep when you have this overwhelming feeling of impending doom. I knew my wife was eventually going to lose her job. It was only a matter of time. She has been the main bread winner for the better half of our marriage. I'm still in school for Network System Management, so its really debilitating to know that there was little I could do save us financially. The reality is my wife is a high paid executive and I'm just a blue collar worker that has barely broken a $10 an hour salary. When her company started to restructure, 150 people lost their jobs, including myself, and she was demoted, and forced to take a pay cut or quit. I told her that the best thing to do was to stay until she found a job. The only problem was that she works over 60 hours a week and rarely had time to spend with our daughter let alone look for a job. Since I lost my contract with the company as the painter, my nights and days were completely free. I spent most of my days taking care of my little girl as usual, and looking for jobs for mommy. Finally, my work paid off and I actually wound up finding a better job for her. Its as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. Now, I can concentrate on my studies and organizing a emergency fund for the house. I plan on never having to go through that crap again.

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