Got Job?

Well, the credit crisis hits home. JR got laid off on Monday. Thanks to all of you who have contacted us and let us feel the outporing of love you have for us. It does not go unnoticed.
It's both frustrating and liberating at the same time. I say frustrating b/c this household spends a lot of time being frugal for the most part, so there's not much fat to cut. Also, I've been the prophetess of doom once again by worrying like a lunatic that JR would be high on the list of those let go while others around me kept saying he's too valuable. So what happens, I'm right again. Not much vindication there. It's liberating as the world is our oyster as the possibilities of what to do next are endless. That the oyster has been sitting on the beach for 3 days, stinks and has no pearl, is beside the point; we had to eat the swine, so there's nothing to do with the pearl anyway.
As the bailout seems to have not made the banks let loose any funds, developers are not developing so there's no opportunity for Architects at this time. We have friends that were laid off in October, are still unemployed, and see no hope for a break anytime soon. So, that leads me back to liberating. If you weren't an Architect, what would you be seems to be the question of the moment. That a few of our friends assured JR he could get a job cooking for any restaurant in town, while reassuring, isn't exactly where we were headed as JR has already climbed the Bar and Restaurant ladder earlier in life, but you never know.
Fortunately for us - ok kids, here comes the optimism - we have many skills between us and should be able to adapt during this period.
For those of you wondering what's going on with the company I started, it's moving along, and I've been able to expand my service list to architectural services, so we'll see how that goes. My website is up and running - www.g2solutionscompany.com (altho it's a work in progress) and we sent out 1000 marketing pieces, so the hounds have been released and we'll see what they bring back.
JR and I enjoy each other's company, so it's not like we are in each others' way. BYG let him keep using the laptop for as long as he needed, so we each have our own workstations. (how ironical, I typed woristation instead of workstation...hmm). My challenge is trying not to anticipate and do things for him, my natural instinct, but to let him ask me for help if he needs it. He's perfectly capable of doing all things for himself, it's just me being me.
Well, time to have breakfast and get a task list together for today.