Ohio's crappy economy hits a little too close to home

I am in shock.

We found out yesterday that B. is losing his job. The institution where he teaches is closing. It was completely unexpected and sudden.

I am not ready to completely freak out just yet, but I am in a bit of a daze. Our best hope is that he will be transferred to another institution and that with his seniority he will be able to "bump" out a teacher with less seniority there. Less than ideal, obviously, but at least he would have a job (really unfair to the other teacher, but that's the way the system works). The other institutions are scattered about Ohio so we would be looking at a move in the near future.

Our worst fear is that he will not be placed and will have to look for a "regular" teaching job in central Ohio. That is a nightmare I hope he never has to go through again, and I don't know if he would be willing to go through that again right now.

I have a knot in my stomach that I am trying to ignore. I love living here. I love our home, our neighbors, our location. I really thought we would retire here, but like the song says, "life is what happens while you are making other plans".

I am needing a real pick-me up, but it looks like we'll be snowed in for the next 2 days so I will settle for some more sewing at this point. The long runs will have to wait.