DINK to SINK

As of this Friday, I will be an official SINK. Was a DINK before, and I'm soon to be a SINK. That means " single income, no kids". Not sure how Mike will deal with all of this. I hope all will be ok.

Earlier than ugly 3rd graders

I ought to be in bed because I NEED to get up around 4 or 4:15 AM to get to work at 6 AM. I'm really not looking forward to the smells and dick heads that I work with and for. I do miss my friends dearly......but.........
I took a tylenol PM about an hour ago and I don't feel it yet. My brain won't shut off. Mike got asked to work OT this weekend...........Yeah, work his ass off before you force him to take the buy out! Fact is, ladies and gents, if Mike doesn't take this buy out now..........he will most certainly be laid off within the next 6-12 months WITHOUT the buy-out. Like I said before, GM has 140 diemakers...he's #133. GM wants to have 60 by 2007. Only 34 have signed up (Mike hasn't yet), and the 23rd is the deadline.
Hi was a grumpy, rude shit to me today. I let it go as long as I could, then I said, "hey, this is happening to me too!" He said (and quite smartly I might say), "No it's not, you just live here." Well, I took issue with that and replied, "..that can be changed Mister....and with most of the STUFF here in your name, you'll be in an awful pile of shit if I leave. The paid for car and the paid for boat are both in my name, so I suggest that you rethink that comment."
Long qiuet moment then I also added, " I'm new at this too, and I am afraid to say or do anything for fear that you'll jump down my throat...and if I say or do nothing, you want to know 'what my problem is'." I can't win in this situation. I know he's pissed and scared. If I was that pissed and scared, I'd be trying to find allies (sp), not making enemies.
I'll keep you posted. TTFN

Back soon for me

Well, come Monday, I'll be back at the shithole after 10 weeks out from my broken leg.
I need to give shout outs to Dr. Sterling Doster (leg Doc) and Rachael (my thera nazi) . I wasn't wholy certain that I'd be ready to go back...but I am. Sure, the muscles hurt when I've put them through my paces, and I NEED to lose a good 50 lbs....but considering all that I've been through, I'm oh so very grateful.
Crappy thing is: Mike's last day is 6/30/06. It's official, and he'll be without a job.
While I was off, I surfed the web daily for job opportunities, I put in about 17 resumes.............but no positive responses came back.
Two things are really against him (my opinion): #1 is his age. It's against the law to ask your age, but when your job history runs back to 1972.........duh! and #2 is the wage that he WAS working for. He'll NEVER get paid what he got paid as a UAW employee. Those days are over. Hell, I have 25 years as a classified skilled "Machinist" and I only get paid $22.00. Any new hires where I work can NOT come in any higher than $18.00/hr. I don't care if they are the best thing since sliced white bread. This "Globalizatation of America" is turning this country into a 3rd world country.
With the price of gas, and where we live.....we can't afford for him to take a $15/hr job in Indy and there are almost no jobs near here. So, as some smart asses have said ..."move". We'll grow our own vegies and raise our own meat before we move back to the armpit of the midwest. I can get insurance where I work, and I will do that. I'm not really looking forward to living like that, i.e. me bread winner, him not. I'm afraid that before too long, I'll start thinking like a man and expecting him to keep the house clean, have dinner ready for me when I get home, and shower me with attention and affection when I walk in the door. Yeah right!!!!!! Like thet's ever going to happen!!!! May pigs fly out of my ass first!
He WAS very helpful around here when I wasn't allowed to walk on my leg...but, oh brother....when I was able to get about and do stuff; he quit EVERYTHING! Oh, he'll tell you that I'm full-o-shit But if you had been a fly on the wall, you'd see that I am correct.
I understand that he's in a spot that he never thought that he'd be in at the age of 57 1/2. At that age, most folks are thinking about retiring, not starting over. What irks me the most, is that he's STILL buying stuff on e-bay, knowing that his seperation check won't probably get here for 8-10 weeks after his seperation. I can't understand...........where is his head?
Thanks for letting me vent. No one reads this anyway, but it's good therapy.
TTFN