Changes are coming

From day to day, minute to minute, things just keep changing and evolving. Sometimes it's for good, sometimes it's for evil. But at least things aren't stagnant and stale.

Hubby's company is undergoing a "restructuring". It doesn't have anything to do with bankruptcy. It has to do with wanting somebody to buy the company. The company has asked for voluntary transfers to different jobs within the region. It actually started with the union president of all things. The company was going to be bought, but when the stock market went crazy and banks stopped loaning money, the company that was going to buy, couldn't.

There has been a big push for layoffs. Why stock holders are more important than the workers, I'll never understand. But profit is the bottom line. The union president stepped in and had a few suggestions. One was that if the company got rid of contractors, the co. could shift full time employees around to fill those positions and keep their jobs. Lo and behold, the company listened. What?

So here's the skinny. There are several positions that have come open that were previously held by contractors. I have nothing against contractors, since hubby has been one off and on over the last fourteen years. Hubby has applied for a position dealing with special circuits. It has to do with towers, and I don't know what else.

The job doesn't entail any climbing of the towers (thank you God). It has to do with the lines and cell phones and I'm not even sure. During lightning season, he would have a ton of overtime. He would also be on call at least once a month. But we are OK with that.

The money will definitely help. If we could get the credit cards paid off within the next year or even two, that in itself would be worth it. And to actually be able to put money in savings. I don't even know what a savings account looks like. We had to drain the kids' a couple of years ago when hubby got back from Miami. That was hard to deal with. But when you either do that or starve, or lose the house, well the decision makes itself really. But that's another blog for another time.

And enters the flexibility of home schooling. If hubby is working late, I can keep the kids up if I need to. There is nothing set in stone that says we have to be up at the crack of dawn, and start school at 8:30. We can start, or stop, whenever we want to. If we don't get started until noon, we don't get started until noon. It's nobody's business but ours. I love that aspect.

On the downside, when hubby is working serious overtime, so am I. That means I don't have the support or help that I get from him. He helps so much with the kids. But I have become very good at getting over it and moving on. But when I am ready for the kids to go bed, I am ready for the kids to go to bed. I have to get over myself at times like that. We were pretty used to the overtime, but then last year, it never really started. A little here and there, but not like before. So now we would be back at it. I get really spoiled when hubby is home a lot.

We should know tomorrow whether or not hubby is transferring. I wish they were doing this for the areas around the country that his company is in. It would be great to get back to Texas. My mom would be happy. My dad would not be so happy, since he is in Tennessee. But I would love to come home. Who knows? If hubby gets the job, maybe we could save enough to move. Wouldn't that be great? So ifit's meant to be, it will happen. Wish us luck whichever way it goes.