The Hubs lost his job today. As you can imagine, it's a little very scary in this household considering the economy. Hmmmm, two people in a two person household without a job. You do the math.

The Pollyanna in me says, well I guess it's a blessing that I got laid off because at least I got a severance package that we can share. Also? Thank goodness we found out in time for me to sign up for COBRA (is it supposed to be capitalized? Oh well, who cares.) Can you imagine the two of us without health insurance?

Does anyone think it's a coincidence that we got the puppy the weekend BEFORE The Hubs lost his job? I don't. You wouldn't believe how much The Hubs loves that puppy! This is someone that INSISTED that we'd never get a dog.

I think I'm going to need to be offline for a while and really ramp up my business plan. I dunno, it's a much scarier idea since we only have COBRA. I'm not even sure how long I'm eligible. I know that no insurance company in their right mind would sign us up. They're not in the business to lose money. I might have to reconsider starting my own business. I think I'll be making LOTS of inquiries this week.

I really thought that 2008 was going to be the last of the icky stuff. I was wrong. I'm hoping this is simply a step off a bad situation for The Hubs into something that he really loves. He hasn't had a passion for his job for at least three or four years now (no, that's not what lead to this by the way).

I wish I could say that I know that we're going to be OK- but I'll admit that I'm scared.

By the way, we've officially named the puppy "Einstein". I've been saying how smart he is (and he really IS smart), so the name fits like a glove. Like my friend Miss Ann commented, we just had to wait until he told us his name.

Oh, and the person with the voodoo doll? Throw that damned thing away.