Ugh! Easy come, easy go.....

So, last week on Tuesday I found out that I am getting my bonus this year! I was so excited because I had really been preparing myself to not get it (or get very little of it) due to the economy. So, I was so happy that we could use the bonus to pay for the nursery furniture, stroller, car seat, and other baby stuff and still hopefully have a little left over to get us by when I'm out on maternity leave.

Then, later that week MrKLB found out that he got a raise! It was a small raise, but a raise nonetheless. We were on cloud 9. We celebrated over the weekend.

Well, as the title of this post says, "Easy come, easy go..." because this past Tuesday MrKLB was laid off. :(

Yuck. This was a total surprise (who gets a raise 1 week before they get laid off??) and MrKLB is pretty upset about it. I am upset, too, but trying to be positive for him. We can use my bonus to help us get through financially (meanwhile the nursery furniture will sit on my credit card) so I'm not overly concerned about that, assuming he finds another job soon. The thing that bothers me is that a) MrKLB liked his job so I hate that he lost it and b) his schedule was so flexible that it was really going to be convenient when the baby comes. Now I don't know if he'll even get any time off when the baby comes and that makes me sad. I guess I need to just hope he has a job by then, though, and worry about the time off later. I'm still bummed, though.

So, anyway, the good news is that I am now over 25 weeks pregnant and things are still going great. I have been running and going to the gym pretty regularly lately so I'm proud of myself for that. We know we are blessed to be having this baby at all and are even more blessed that my pregnancy has been so uneventful. I am trying to concentrate on those positive things for now.

Send job dust our way and hope that MrKLB finds a job he loves soon!