As you ladies know - Mike got laid off 2 weeks ago and it hit us kind of hard being that technically both of us were unemployed. Since we just bought a house I admit I was more than nervous. He was working side jobs and filed for unemployment until yesterday.
He called his old boss to ask him about returning something and boss told him, "I was getting ready to call you - we want you back at work tomorrow, if you can." He immediately accepted but I said he needed to slow his roll a bit. In his job there's always lay-offs and his boss is an f-ing idiot who doesn't get contracts finished on time so his people have work.
So he went in this morning (hence why I was up @ 6AM) and told his boss that he needed a typed and signed agreement that he would not be laid off unless the company was completely going under and that he wanted a raise. The boss actually agreed and got a letter typed up for the accountant to look over and will have it notarized for Mike by the end of the day. Plus he got the raise because he boss said he was truly the top person on his list and couldn't afford to lose him permanently.
He is back to work today, we got our $8100 house credit yesterday (after only 4 weeks!) and I'm back in school still nannying. I am just breathing a sigh of relief and continuing to look for work on my end.
That being said I am booking our December vacation and getting the hell out of Dodge for a bit! lol.
Thank you to all of you who offered advice and kind words through all this mess.
ETA:
all done I think - I'm not sure but they will be magnets