{Blessed}

Well, some great news....after 9 months of unemployment, Ryan was offered a job on Wed at PMT Ambulance where he will be an EMT. This is a wonderful break for us, and a great foot in the right direction for Ryan in starting over in his career. I'm not going to go on and on about how bad the economy is, just turn on your TV. But it is so rough out right now, honestly, if you haven't been affected you are very very lucky, things are very bad right now.  

Scary bad. Like, Walmart isn't-even-hiring bad.

My advice?? Don''t spend ONE MORE DIME than you NEED to right now! You just never ever know...

So, Ryan starts Mon at 9! He has orientation Mon Tues Wed and than will start his shift shortly after that! He has chosen to work 24 hour shifts, which I think will work awesome. He will work 24 hours, than have two days off, and so on. Which will be nice to have him around to help with the kids and he will be able to stay in school.

When you're unemployed it totally shakes the foundation of everything you have ever known, any sense of stability is totally gone. We have never been through anything so hard. And if you haven't been through it, you honestly have no clue. You leave unemployment a totally different person than going into it, you just can't help but change.

And just because you have a job today doesn't mean anything. Things change over night. No one is immune.

So, my heart goes out to all our friends who are currently unemployed, our thoughts and prayers are with you.

As for Ryan and I, we are a stronger couple for our struggles. We have grown together by leaps and bounds.

But we are excited and more than anxious to close the chapter on this crappy part of our book and start anew. We are feeling so grateful to Heavenly Father, he clearly, has heard our prayers.