What a weird roller coaster ride!

My last post mentioned that although I was about to lose my job, M was being offered a job which would make up for the lost salary; pending a successful background check.

Yesterday we learned that due to a ridiculous, absurd semantical problem (his job description not matching his job title), they denied his application.  This put us in a very scary predicament -- that both of us would, in effect, be unemployed.  The only option was to sell the house as quickly as possible.  The amount we have set aside for fixing it up could pay the mortgage for about 2 more months, so we would need to sell "as is" to avoid foreclosure.  And then, where would we live?  Who would rent an apartment to 2 unemployed people with a poor credit rating?

After losing a night of sleep, I was able to think of a Plan B, which is to sell the house with the hopes of getting at least $20-30K out of it, and use that to buy an old, used RV.  Between M's pension and my unemployment, it would be enough to survive on the road, while building my business.  Ok, it wouldn't be the condo on wheels we want; rather it would be a rusted tin box, but at least it would provide shelter and a place to live until we could build ourselves back up.  I even found a craft that has good potential to sell well at street fairs.

Today, M got word that the HR manager was livid at the way things were handled and was able to convince the background check company to give him a second chance.  They sent him a new application and he is starting the process over, this time making the corrections they found (making sure his job title matched).

So who is to say what path we will end up taking?  Will we start our new chapter sooner than planned (no job), or later than planned (job)?  Stay posted for the continuation of this saga.....

All for the good, right?

This is surely divine intervention!

I got the official notice from my job - it is not going 1/2 time, but rather I am being completely terminated as of the end of the year.  Personally, I feel a great sense of relief that I don't have to put up with this very difficult person anymore, and feeling very excited about the prospect of going full steam ahead with building my business.

What is really excellent news is that M has been offered a full time, permanent job which will pay what I was making and what he was making from his freelance work, which means that God is providing for us on the financial front.  I can take my business to the next level without having to worry about how to pay bills.

The only real drawback I can see right now is that this job is relatively static, within the State of NJ (with occasional work in NY).  It does not lend itself to travel, which means we may need to push our dream of full timing back a few years.  But I believe things happen for a reason and when the time is right, we will know.  This also gives us a little time to sock more money into savings so we can buy the rig and truck we really want.

Still on track to sell the house and ONE MORE PROJECT has been accomplished - one of the upstairs bedroom is now cleaned out, floor replaced and painted!!