Lock Me Up!

Last year was crazy.



I'm talkin', rubber-room, give-me-meds-and-put-me-to-bed crazy.



I was getting to a point where I was thinking "Exactly WTF did I do to deserve all this??"



Things are much more calm now.

Not so long ago I realized that I hadn't told you guys about the icing on my 2010 cake.

So you know about my grandbaby.

Good GAWD he is cute and awesome. SO very, very Awesome.

And you know about my oldest moving out.

[insert sigh here] Things are not much better on that front, I'll fill ya in on that a bit later.

And you know about my near divorce.

Like, pens in hand ready to sign on the dotted line, near divorce. We decided to give it another shot at the last minute.  Everything is going very well on that front. We are getting along better than we have in years. It helps that Little Dude has his Poppy wrapped around his tiny finger. :P

But did I tell you that I lost my job?

Yeah, no...not joking. Unreal, huh?

The company cut my position. After nearly 10 years in the same office, for the first time since I was-I dunno...12?--I don't have a job. Scary shit folks.

And the perfect icing to an already wonderful, stress-free year. Am I right?!

There is an upside. Believe it or not.

I got a fairly nice severance package that is allowing me to stay home with Little Dude for awhile. Not forever, but for now. In about a month I will have to start hitting the job search. I've already got some fantastic leads and being in the IT industry for so long I have a huge network of colleagues to call upon. It helps that Hubs in the same industry and he knows people too.

It also helps to know that his company would give me a job in the event that we were looking at living in a refrigerator box or something.

I've never been a stay-at-home type. I gotta say, I'm kind of liking it. I'm crazy thankful for this time with Little Dude (and his momma).

So for now, I'm doing some side work on neighbors computers and things of that sort. This is my opportunity to catch up on all the crafty projects that I've put off, deep clean the house, read a ton (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Hunger Games so far), play with the baby and try to figure out this whole extreme couponing thing (I think I'm just not organized enough for this crap.  I'm totally into saving money, but I haven't the faintest how to go about organizing and sale finding).

I gotta say, it is harder to keep motivated than I thought. I had big plans for all this free time (after the initial panic wore off). Some days I don't get out of my PJs. Others, I'm up with the sun and working my butt off on the house or big projects. Ok, that's a lie. Not exactly working my butt off since I've managed to put on 30 lbs....but you know what I mean!


If you have any tips on staying at home, gimme!