Wellll.....it's official. DH is unemployed. First thing we did - went out to dinner to celebrate, lol! He's getting a decent severance package which is nice. His severance is more than he could get for months of unemployment. That's a good thing.
He's already got resume's out and thinks he'll have an interview maybe next week. The one thing he/we will do this job hunt is to be very picky. Sounds funny to say that because you'd think he'd be ready to take anything that comes along but that's not the best idea under these circumstances. We've got time to be selective. He does NOT want to manage people anymore. He's so over it and tired of it and it's what led to the end of this job. Being in charge of 5 offices, each employing around 300 people is just too much. One of his nurses made a mistake, (the patient was fine) and the whole thing got blown up. There will be a trial and his company is doing a CYA move by ending his employment. It was kind of funny because he knew it was coming. HIs boss started crying when she was telling him so he was comforting HER! But, it still pi$$es me off. It's kind of like having someone be mean to your kid on the playground, ya know?
So, we will be doing an accounting of our income, outlay and expenses. There are always ways to be more economical and cut costs. This will be THE best opportunity to clean out the freezers. You don't know how long I've needed to do that. I'm pretty well stocked up on staples so all is well in that area.
The one thing I will be doing is being brutal with my farm management from this point forward. Any and all freeloaders will get the ax, or be sold. I've got victim number one, a mixed breed rooster caught up and will be dispatched today, weather permitting.
We're supposed to get LOTS of rain between now and Monday, so I'm hoping that it doesn't get out of hand! They're predicting street flooding already and it hasn't even started raining yet.
I've got some plants that I need to get in the ground. I'll do as much of that as I can this morning. Next trip to town I'll see if I can find some onion plants. Some years they do great, but other years are too wet and they rot in place. I'll see about putting them in a raised bed this year.
I put a Craigslist ad out to see how well chicks would sell. I got ZERO responses so it doesn't look like that will be a source of possible income, lol. But, it'll increase my layer flock and ALL roo's will be processed young, before I have too much feed into them.
I'm off today so I need to make good use of my time before the rain starts. Gotta get outside and get busy. Happy Friday ya'll!