A big setback to the move

So last week we got a huge setback to my moving to Florida.

Art got laid off from his job. With no notice or hint that it was coming.

We're both obviously pissed and upset and angry and everything. Just when we were turning a corner and I had thought 2007 would be so amazing, this just hits us. To top it off, the visa papers were in the mailbox when Art got home the day he got laid off. So now, instead of being on a plane today, headed for Florida, I'm still in Halifax, freezing my bootie off and waiting again.

Art's already got a new job prospect (that he incidentally set up a few hours before he got laid off....fate telling him something, perhaps?!) so we're both awaiting his interview for that. If all goes well and he gets this job, I could be in Florida by February, which would rock! If he doesn't get that job, I'll be off to the job banks to find myself a temp-type job here in Halifax until Art finds a new job....just something to earn a little cash for myself and pass the time. It could be a few weeks or a few months, who knows really.

This last week has been pretty brutal. My emotions have been all over the place, but mostly down in the dumps. I'm so angry at his ex-employers for screwing things over. First they send him to Texas over New Years to fix problems with their client (and ruin the perfect New Years Eve I had envisioned) then they let him go with no notice. Which means now, we'll have to start that damn Green Card process ALL over again (not that his ex-employers were far in the process....they took their good sweet time on it!). But, I have some amazing friends who have cheered me up with girls nights(Kristy and Val, thanks for the fun nights!!!) and many more friends who have listened to me rant in the past week. I feel truly grateful that I have such amazing friends and family!

It's like a neverending set of problems keep throwing themselves at us. Can we never have a normal life? Why do we have to have the most confusing relationship EVER?! But, I know we'll get through this fine, like we always do, because we have each other. (Yep, there I go, being all mushy....didn't I just say that my emotions have been everywhere lately?! ;) )

On a plus side, if Art does get this job he's interviewing for, then this will allow me to go to FSU at the in-state tuition rate!! How, you ask? Well, the job is for a position at FAMU (the other university in Tallahassee) and Florida state-run universities allow employees and spouses of said universities attend at the in-state rate! :) This is a HUGE thing, as y'all know that I have been trying to find a way to attend FSU for the last few years at the in-state rate so I can finish my last year of my Finance degree!!!

So, if everyone can think good thoughts towards my husband this week for his interview. Who knows, this shitty start to 2007 could end up turning things MUCH better for the two of us!

Now, if the weather here in Halifax could just warm back up, I'd be much happier! -35C is not a fun thing!