Oy, kids, it’s been a pretty crappy couple of days. Wednesday, my DH was laid off from work, Thursday we got a not exactly great but not unexpected prognosis on my sister’s condition, and then, to top it all off, I got food poisoning on Friday night. I’m doing the best I can to stay calm about so much turmoil. Sometimes life throws a curveball (or nine) and all a person can do is duck.

The DH got a decent severance so we’re OK for cash for a bit. If we had to we could live on my salary and I guess that is better off than a lot of people in similar situations. We also have some savings that could be dipped into. He’s also going to apply for unemployment, so that will help a bit too.

To top it all off, I’ve spent the weekend throwing up (all Friday night), recovering and sleeping. I’ve forced myself to eat when the hunger started to make me nauseous.

I think I’ve lost 5lbs, but I would not recommend this as a weight loss program.

No gym for the weekend since it was all I could do to make it from the couch to bed. Slept a lot which was fine but I had plans for the weekend and nothing planned got done.

The one bright spot about the DH being off work is that I have my Cabana Boy back. As long as he is off work, my kitchen will be spotless and dirty dish-free, laundry done and apartment cleaned as if by magic elves. Every cloud and its silver lining.