How Bad Is It For You?

Just wondering how all this crappy financial news every stinkin' day has been affecting you. I get so tired of hearing it because there really isn't anything I can do about it. Actually, we have been blessed to be doing not too bad right now. Perfect timing has never been our forte, unfortunately. It seems that we are always out of step with everyone around us. A couple of weeks ago, we got some really great news about my husband's job. Under any other circumstances, this sort of news would make people go out and celebrate, but, like I said, our timing is never right. My husband's brother-in-law just lost his job. Our retired parents' nest eggs shrank down to almost nothing in the last few weeks, and the housing market is still messed up. So what happens with us? We get the news that my husband will get a promotion and be transferred back to Fort Wayne--right where we want to be! This was very unexpected, but still great news. It seems selfish of us, though, to talk too much about it when so many loved ones lives are in such turmoil right now. We will have to sell this house so that we can buy a house in Fort Wayne, but still, it doesn't sour the good news for us. I believe that everything will get better for all of us . . .eventually. Heck, I'm still happy that at last George W. Bush will be out of the White House. He will leave a terrible mess that we will all have a part in cleaning up, and his "legacy" is in the toilet, but at least we will get a much needed change in personnel, and that is not so bad when you think about it.