Live like you're about to be laid off

Now, don't "feel sorry" for me, but Dave got laid off in February.  While this was unexpected, it was expected, as there were funky changes and lower sales, blah blah blah.  It couldn't have happened at a better time.  This is unreal, a huge chunk of time we've been able to spend together.  Yet, of course, it has impacted timelines... reducing the amount of planned time off on my badbatical down from something like three to five years (if I was a cheap date, which it turns out... I don't do poor very well anymore.  Frugality seems lost to me unless there are dire circumstances, which mine aren't) to not three to five years.

In the tech industry, you might make a nice whack o' change, but if you don't plan for lay-offs, forced closures, crap management which makes you want to move, or straight up plain business failure, you're shooting yourself in the head.  Dave 'n I have always had the savings account we named, "OOOO Shit" and our shit has come in.  ha!

But it's a Sunday and tomorrow is a Monday and the luxury, loveliness of having time with him day after day is beautiful.  Yesterday we went and picked up granite chips to fill in between the flagstone of our front yard paths.  Tuesday I'll be taking him to a new shop where there's a top I want him to "thumbs up" or "thumbs down."  I've also possibly found a seamstress who can fix one of my skirts which is too big for me now, and who might also be able to whip up some palazzo pants from silk I bought in Cambodia.  Dave is spending time going through recipes I've posted up on my Pinterest Board, "Make Dave Make Me."

Happiness makes me smile each day.  We read and snuggle in bed in the morning, clear out the dishwasher after breakfast, work in the garden in the early afternoons when I'm not working on writing my poem or a blog entry.  We review job boards, apply, talk about the different companies we see, what makes for a good place of work, what we want to do next.  I go out to lunch with friends.

The "Oh Shit" account is a really nice staycation.  I highly recommend this time for someone's "Bucket List."