Learn to smile at every situation. See it as an opportunity to prove your strength and ability. ~Joe Brown

Tuesday night Joe came home from work after having his yearly evaluation with a raise and a promise of a promotion in the next year.  Wednesday morning he got to work with the news that his bank was being bought out by a bigger bank in Washington and that he could very well be out of a job in the near future.  

Now that we are a few days away from the initial shock, it is a little easier to smile.  

At this point we don't really know much.  There will be some transition time so we will have some time to plan.  Joe is feeling really sad about the whole thing.  He loves his job, he enjoys the guys he works with and we both love that his office is 5 minutes from the house.  

Obviously there are things that we are worried about.  But overall, we aren't that worried.  Does that even make sense?

There are a lot of unknowns, which is the thing that makes it tough.  If I need to work more I will.  Joe can get another job if that is what ends up needing to be.  There is just a lot of "if".  

So for now, we will look at spending less and saving more.  We had to make some decisions about things when we decided I would stay home with Taelin part time (like getting rid of cable) so we will just need to go through that process again.  

We certainly have been through some times times before.  A different kind of tough, but still tough, and we were fine.  More than fine.  We will be fine this time too.