Economy

I had to stay home and miss my morning classes to take care of Bradyn today. I think he contracted some funk from Matt's kids. As we waved goodbye to Jeanann I think my convertable was still in the driveway, but a bit later on in the day I noticed it was gone. Finally the bankruptcy is officially complete with no more loose ends. They came and picked it up silently, without knocking on my door, or threatening us anymore. Good riddance. I've learned a valuable lesson from all of this. The lesson is... Most repo men are scum, and it would bring me pleasure to blow their fucking heads off. Now I can unload the shotgun and put it out of reach... But, as the state of California stops giving out paychecks to city employees, I thought I'd try to inspire a little bit of dialogue about how the economy sucks wherever any of you that read this may live. I got a couple letters in the mail from all the Police jobs I applied to stating they are no longer considering hiring any applicants due to the 'current state of the economy'. Thank god I wasn't holding my breath for any of those to come through. We're excited to move to Florida, but it's a little nerve racking at the same time. Their unemployment is only 1% below CA currently. I don't know if the state is going under like CA though. I see job ads for 'collection specialists' and things of that nature. I worry that even though things are cheaper, work may be just as hard to find. We're excited and we have a plan that should cover us through the end of 09, but is the 'economy' not so shitty anywhere right now? I mean, there can't be many places in the country that are worse than Sacramento right now. Worse case scenario, I'll turn into a pirate and start hi-jacking oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico... anyone want in? I wanted to add to this. I went to my night classes, and my accounting teacher is an accountant for 'mountain house', a new community near tracy. Today they laid off 40% of her staff. She has also said that she projects next year's budget to be even worse, so I take the hint and am preparing for either worse news, or a long recovery.