I haven't wanted to blog for a couple of weeks because I just didn't have anything good to say. Emerson was sick and not sleeping, got better, and then got sick again. Anytime the baby isn't sleeping, things don't go well. Today they got way worse.
Chip was laid off.
He had been at the company for almost five years, and he was one of 12 people who lost their jobs today. His being laid off also means that we've lost our childcare for Emerson, since she attended their on-site daycare center. There's the downside of working for a company progressive enough to offer employee childcare: When you're no longer employed there, your child gets thrown to the wolves of whatever's available locally, most of which was so inadequate that the company had to start a childcare center to retain its staff.
I know we'll get through this, but in the meantime, oh, the suckage. The sucktastic suckage.