Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Me?? Breadwinner?? Eep! :(
So.. my dad got laid off yesterday. We kind of saw it coming, but we are still shocked it happened. The company he was working for is owned by my mom's ex brother in law, well, actually his father... As a matter of fact, he put off going to work for them because he didn't want to upset the aunt who had been married to the guy, but when she said it was ok, he went to work there because he was promised an opportunity to be promoted and advance. Well, since he wouldn't cheat the customers to get more money for the company, he was demoted from the position he worked so hard for, and treated like crap. Finally, they laid off my brother who was working with them as an apprentice, and we knew it would only be a matter of time before dad was laid off too. After the pestered him to death to get him to come work with them. My mom is so upset.. she's been crying and depressed since we found out yesterday, and my optimism has been put to the test. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and praying very hard that he finds a new job soon, or if worse comes to worse that mom does, because right now I'm the only one in the family working. It wouldn't be so daunting if I got paid more than $7 an hour and my hours hadn't been cut back by at least 2 days the past few weeks. We can't survive long on only what I make. And my mom is afraid that if we can't pay our rent Nana will ask us to move, and we have no idea what we will do if that happens. We have to wait at least 3 weeks for dad to get unemployment also.. -Sigh- We'll be ok though... the Lord always takes care of us. He won't let us down this time. Who knows, maybe dad's next job will offer better opportunities. :)
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