Time on our hands
Well, tomorrow is Jim's last day at work; by 5 p.m. quitting time (if not sooner) he'll have officially joined the ranks of the outsourced.
With no new employment lined up, I'm a little concerned about how being in each other's company 24/7 will go for us. We're not exactly to retirement stage yet and Jim will be getting a new job, so we don't need a permanent solution to hours on end together. And although I do have friends who make it work when both halves of the couple work from home, I just don't see it being something Jim and I would succeed at. We like our space.
So this whole dual unemployment thing may be detrimental to our marriage.
On the other hand, it may bring us closer together. It may bring us a level of joy we've not yet shared in our nearly 30 years together. It may even lead to us ...
... spending our days ...
... like this:
Ghost ridin' it will be far more fun than sitting around wringing our hands and worrying about where the heck we'll come up with money for the mortgage, I think!
Thursday, October 1, 2009 Ghost Ridin' the Whip, Jim, daily, unemployed 
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I fully expect -- nay, demand -- to see a YouTube video of you and Jim doing this.
I've got the video recorder batteries being charged right now. The hopping out of the Explorer won't be easy, but we'll practice in the driveway a few times first.
That Grandma and Grandpa look to be at least thirty years older than you and Jim so you
have thirty years to practice (I'd love to watch from across the street as you jump in and
out of the car in your driveway).
Awww. This has to be one of the sweetest posts I've read in a while. 30 years of marriage! Whew! Awesome and congrats - got any secrets or wisdom to share... um, besides not spending every waking hour together of course! :)
Thanks, Nicole! My other advice for a successful marriage: don't share a bathroom ... or bank account. :o)
That video is something else! My husband recently quit his job, but we actually enjoy working from home together - it just doesn't seem to pay our bills and so eventually he (or I if he doesn't) will venture off to working outside of the home!
Good luck with your new situation!
Thank you, Brandy. Good luck to whichever one of you has to head out into the working world!