Husband Clothes

What crazy times we’re in! Being a huge news junky, and somewhat pessimistic conspiracy-theory follower, I decided that the Greater Depression is indeed at hand and it’s time to insulate my family. I TOTALLY GOT A JOB.  And I’m soooo excited about it.

But I must admit, it’s going to be odd to work around people again. I will be working as a web copywriter at a place that does lots of Internet stuff…so, the office is full of  young men. Some of them, I noticed, are quite good-looking. That’s okay though, because a) I plan on being anti-social and staying in my cubicle at all times and b) should any of them try to flirt with me, I will either not realize it, or if that person is attractive, stay far, far away from him from that moment on. I’m an Aries. I steer clear of hot stuff at all times, especially hot guys (except, of course, my husband).

I hope everyone is enjoying this discussion because it just frightened me. I am about to get a new job in a new field, and rather than talking about what I’m supposed to talk about in this post, I end up talking about hot guys? Am I in high school? Or am I happily married with three children? This blog scares me sometimes.

OKAY, but what I was TRYING to write about is the ACTOR’s STRIKE. It appears that they will strike. Who wants to start a movie if you can’t finish it due to an actor’s strike? Lots of money would be wasted…For this reason, many studios stopped making movies months ago. So an actor’s strike could definitely affect my husband’s job.  But since he does work toward the end of movies, the delay for him would not happen immediately, rather many months after the strikes start (if they start).

With this and our recent 3 months of no paychecks (2 months of unemployment + 1 month waiting for checks even after starting work), I thought, “Hey, maybe I should get a job.”  My salary has been a dependable back-up for us for several years…until last spring when publishers stopped publishing books. (Not literally, but even the big guys like Random House and Pearson had huge lay-offs, so obviously they are printing fewer books, which means fewer projects for me and others.)

SO I applied for this job that looked really awesome (and turned out to be as awesome as it looked), and I got it! Hadn’t interviewed in 7 years. Boy, if you want to feel old, do something you haven’t done in over 5 years. Anyway, I got the job right in time. Now if the actor’s go on strike, we’re all covered. And if the economy continues to tailspin, I’ve done my best to insulate us. By the way, images I keep seeing of my husband staying at home with our children terrify me–I’m seeing candy and cake for meals and my 2nd grader making it to school each day after lunch…But hopefully we’ll BOTH keep our jobs, and mine will be back-up.

My ultimate goal is to prove how reliable I am and see if there might be telecommuting possibilities down the road. Though it also might be nice to ONLY work till 5pm and not 9-11pm each night like I’ve had to for the past 5 years. But I’ll keep you posted:)

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