My husband quit his job on Monday. He was going to be fired soon anyway (long story-- bottom line is that his boss is a jerk), and thankfully, he was offered a job this past Friday. He will be working with one of his best friends and my friend H's husband. It will be a good move for our family... eventually.
Right now, I'm worried. I know that money isn't everything, but this new job is a large pay cut. I know we make plenty of money even with the cut, but I'm worried. It is not a situation in which we will lose our house or anything. However, the girls are both going to be in preschool starting in Sept, and we have to start paying for it next month. It's... expensive. I'm worried about paying for it with our other expenses and now the pay cut. Again, I KNOW money isn't everything, but this is going to be quite a change. I also know that his work situation have made for a very hard past 6 months. A husband who enjoys his job and is not treated poorly by his boss is worth more than the money.
My husband has also driven a company car for years, and that was turned in on Monday. So we also need to get another car. With the new work schedule and with the girls' school in the fall, we will need it. Oh, I know, First World Problems...
Lastly, and really the part of most concern for me, is that his hours will mean that I will basically doing the parenting on my own. He will take the girls to school in the morning, but he will not be home until after the girls go to bed. Again, I KNOW that other people have it harder than I do. And at least he has a job, but I'm not suited to be a single parent, and I'm scared of having to do it all myself during the week. I'm sad that we won't have dinner as a family any more. I'm worried about having to balance all activity schedules (mine and the girls' schedules) without his help.
It's a change. I know that I don't do well with change, and neither do my girls. I'm sure after we are used to it, it will just be the routine of our lives. I am just nervous about it all.
