Officially a SAHM now...

For those of you that haven't been following the July Mummies thread, it appears that I am now officially a full time SAHM and "housewife", got "the call" from work today to say that they were offering me redundancy as part of the recent re-structuring of my department. As much as it sucks to be out of a job, I'm as "happy" as I can be I guess that I got my answer so quickly as to whether or not I'd be hanging around.

Although as you'd expect, I'm reasonably upset and a bit annoyed, because I'd almost psyched myself up for finally going back in early October (even if it was just part time to start with). I'm not going to rush into a new job, part time or otherwise, I think I need to take a bit of time to work out where I might head to next - and also enjoy being able to be home with Erin maybe a bit longer than we had originally planned.

So I've had a big blub to Roland (working from home today, thank goodness), and then we sat out on the deck in the sun for a bit with a beer, and discussed the fact that not all is lost - I'm still young, still employable, and life isn't really all THAT bad.

It's also a plus that I've started to come right from the anxiety and other issues I was having before, I don't think I would have handled things as well as I am if this news had come at the same time last week... hooray for St Johns Wort and Vitamin B !!

Right... off to find the menu for the new Thai place that's just opened up down the road, and work out what we might want to order for dinner

Jax

Enjoy your dinner, and a glass of wine too!
I'm sure you and Roland will figure out a plan for the future, and like you said, you get to enjoy being home with Erin for maybe a bit longer.

Oh it seems so suspicious when they do this to M2b or new mums. I hope that it was all above board - and if it isn't, I hope they are going to give you a decent payout! Makes me very pleased that I am a teacher.

Bugger about the redundancy - but at least you get the bonus prize - spending more time with your gorgeous girl!
Glad to hear you are feeling better too!

Sorry to hear about that Jax, but at least it has a nice silver lining (and maybe a payout?). Also glad to hear you are feeling better.

crickey, I only just caught up on this...how did I miss it? I was going to ask you the other day if you had heard anything further...yay for the payout but that does suck about out of work.

The thai food was great ! Although I did have to spell the name of my street about five times to the lady on the phone who took the order

LOL Yeah I'm not too worried about finding a new job, I know there will be something out there. At this stage I don't plan to look again until closer to Christmas, and there are usually heaps of openings at that time of the year. I think I will also need to take the 'extra' time off that I'll have to consider quite carefully what my next step will be, as I don't want to end up suddenly changing jobs again if I don't find the right one.