When Life Just Really Sucks

I probably won't be posting much. I haven't had much to say as it is.

My husband lost his job today.

With my recent reduction in pay and hours, I don't know how we will survive.

Suck the Life Right Outta Me

There's no way to sugar coat any of this, so I'll just get right down to the Royal Suckfest that is my life.

I took a pay cut at work yesterday. Well, I'd rather leave it than take it, but that's not a choice. The only bit of saving grace is that I'm not required to still work my normal 40.5 hours a week with less pay. Instead I'll only be working 30 hours. But we're still talking losing 1/4 of my salary.

And yes - I am thanking my lucky stars that I still have a job, but it's still difficult.

Then there's my mother's health. She came down with what we thought was the stomach flu last week. Instead of getting better, she was getting worse. It warranted a trip to the urgent care yesterday morning which found she's got bacterial pneumonia.

But that's not the issue.

The radiologist felt the spot on her lung was too large. They suggested having another x-ray done in 10 days. The doctor she saw, said that with her symptoms and the way her lungs sounded, felt it shouldn't be a need for a worry, that it was just pneumonia and that it would be clear for the next x-ray.

Still. I'm trying not to borrow trouble, but honestly - how can I not?

I was still wrapping my mind around our car troubles and the thought that some disgusting piece of human flesh was touching my stuff. And now I get to deal with rebudgeting and seeing if our family can survive with my new income, all while worrying about what could be hiding out on my mom's lung.

I'm not doing so well.