Unique, But Not Uncommon

(Happy 10th Anniversary Wedding Bells Love Poem in a Frame by Wuglyees)

     Yesterday was the big day...the meeting with my hubby's company and his job representative. :-{ I'll tell you what happened in a minute. First I wanna tell you why I'm leading my post with my own crochet/poetic item today...because I seldom do that!...I figure that you already have to be captured by my wordy 'carrying-ons', why make you have to be lured here by my self-promotion too! LOL...But today.......Well....I thought it was the best picture for the job! :-)

        It was the item chosen for The Unique Wedding treasury, curated by alegra85. And..I mean...what's more unique than my 'Ugly Wuglyee' crocheted picture frame?! ^_^ ... Okay,...so there "is" other, more unique, things out there...somewhere!...and I'm not averse to showing them off too! But....but....I wanted to show 'mine' off today!...Okay....I said it!! LOL...But so I don't have to feel so bad about it, here are a few of the other unique items in this treasury...

 (Crochet Bride and Groom by achira)

(Personalized Wedding Forks by RiverValleyJewelry)

(Wedding Ring Pillow by woomipyo)

(Rustic Wood Wedding Guest Book by breezemountain8)

(Crocheted Bride and Groom Champagne Bottle Covers by ChildhoodLand)

        Phew!...I feel much better now! ^_^ ....Well, better about showing off the treasury I mean. NOT better about how hubby's meeting turned out! :-( ...We knew going in that it was gonna be tough, because it's not uncommon for big companies to rake over the 'little guy'! But we didn't realize how sideways the whole thing was gonna be. :-(

       In the last few years hubby's company has been, in our opinion, very unfair as to what they expected their workers to do in a...what we thought!...10 hour a day period. We found out yesterday that it was suppose to be 9!....Really?!....Really?!!!!!!! Hubby has been killing himself on a route that was ridiculously large and time consuming, traveling all over the place, back and forth all day in this city and then that one...to meet the required times that each stop wanted him there!

      He was told to be patient. The stops were gonna be cut down...They never were! In fact, many were added over time.....He was told another method of doing the stops was gonna be implemented. Be patient...It never was!...The amount of hours he actually was putting in was being obscured because the time clock was never working....NEVER! And when they inquired about it over and over, it would be fixed for a day or two and then miraculously it would be somehow not working again....for good!

     My husband would never complain about these things...except to me. He felt that he didn't want to 'rock the boat'. He just wanted to do his job. He liked his job! He kept thinking that all the things they said they would do, would be done eventually...I was the HIGHLY skeptical, un-trusting one!...And now he sees why!! I feel vindicated after complaining about this for years!!!!

    But I also feel bad for hubby. :-( During the meeting the manager, boss, whatever he was!, implied that he doesn't really want hubby back unless he's willing to give the job 100 percent. In other words...'do whatever and for however long it takes...and don't complain about it!' (That's my take on it....but remember, I wasn't there! LOL) He also insinuated that hubby didn't care about his job. :-( He said this because hubby told him that he can't anymore be at work for 13 or 14 hours a day...That he has a wife to take care of...That he has a life outside of the job!

     The representative for my husband told hubby to take a couple of days to think about what he wants to do. He's willing to fight for the job for him. But he basically said that if he doesn't go back to it, he's pretty sure hubby will be fired and they will fight not to have unemployment pay him too! :-( Hubby might only be able to get his vacation pay...about 4 weeks pay...and an annuity that he's built up. Which won't hold us for very long.

      Soooooo, we've got two days to decide which direction to go in. It's kinda stressful to think about because I'm not physically capable of helping out much right now...except for writing poetry and crocheting. And, up till now, no one has paid me enough to even think about that being a real income supplement! :-))

     I'm sure we'll get the direction we need. We're still not worrying about it too much....not TOO much! ^_^ We know our situation is not uncommon in this day and age. Lots of people have been in similar circumstances and survived. We know we will too. It won't be easy, but we don't live very highly sustainable lives. We aren't in credit card debt. We don't have a lot of outstanding bills. Just a small amount left on a certain brand new clothes dryer we recently bought. And the phone, electricity, and cable bill!...I mean...even our date night trips are 'Virtual'! LOL

     We're trying to look at the positives. We'd be able to spend more time together. we'd be able to spend more time in the ministry. (We're both Bible teachers.)  We're in our 50s, so the lowered stress level will be good. And we won't need to worry as much about the fact that food and gas prices are going through the roof all of a sudden! YIKES!! O_O

     It's times like these that put your friendships and faith to the true test, right?!....I think we'll be alright. We're rich in other things besides money! :-) ... Enough about me now, what's going on with YOU?!! I have to go do some blog reading...Have a good day, Everybody!!! :-)

 I Am Rich

I am rich in loving friendships.
Rich in loyalty and love.
I am rich in deep emotions,
and in my love for God above.

I am rich in complications.
Rich in insight from my years.
Rich in belly folding laughter.
Rich in sympathetic tears.

I am rich as I can be,
in things not taken in a flash.
Not all abundance can be counted.
Rich is not always in cash.