Things are looking a little bleak on the full time job front. Here in Michigan we are staring at a 12+% unemployment rate, and after this GM bankruptcy on Monday it could get as high as 19-20%. It is a sad and scary time for us with young kids. My pay has been cut three times in the past two and a half years...this time was a 40% cut for a total of 52% in two and a half years...
My wife is being a great supporter and is going to be looking for a job herself, but it's the kids that I feel for. My goal was for them to have it better than I did, to have things I didn't when I was young. Not that it was my Mom's fault, she did the very best she could being a single parent, so it really means a lot to me to give my kids the best I can.
On another note, its fairly exciting to get away from a job I have disliked for 4 of the 7 years I have been there, but honestly there are no jobs available so I have to suck-it-up for a bit longer.
We have a family vacation coming up in a week or so and I have to say I don't feel very good about going, I mean any money spent is just going to make things that much harder no matter how much my parents are springing for. Its like added guilt, shame, whatever you call it, it just doesn't sit very well. I know my parents will say things like it will be ok, it will all turn out for the best, the same old stuff that never makes you feel any better ever.
All right, I'm done whining. I do know that there are a lot of people out there who have it much harder than I do, but its all relative to your situation and right now my situation seems like a tough one for me.
Good Luck to all in these tough economic times!
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